Without Gutenberg there would not have been the Martin Luther Protestant Reformation because of the

Without Gutenberg there would not have been the Martin Luther Protestant Reformation because of the new ability to mass produce polemics and pamphlets and books. Unfortunately, Luther, who began as a reformer, crossed into the worst antisemitism and before the end of his life called for all the synagogues to be burnt down, something that the Nazis cited in the infinitely infamous pogrom of Kristallnacht of November 9, 1938.