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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 file photo the market place with the Stadtkirche (Town Church) is pictured in Wittenberg, Germany. A German appeals court has rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached. The “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,&quot; sculpture on the Town Church in Wittenberg is one of more than 20 such relics from the Middle Ages that still adorn churches across Germany and elsewhere in Europe. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, FILE )

German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo people walk beside the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. The church contains a so-called “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture which is located about 4 meters, 13 feet, above the ground on a corner of the Church. A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and KERSTIN SOPKE - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Germany: Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle

By GEIR MOULSON and KERSTIN SOPKE - Associated Press