
A demon-haunted land : witches, wonder doctors, and the ghosts of the past in post-WWII Germany / Monica Black
"In the aftermath of World War II, a succession of mass supernatural events swept through a war-torn Germany. As millions were afflicted by a host of seemingly incurable maladies (including blindness and paralysis), waves of apocalyptic rumors crashed over the land. A messianic faith healer ros...
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Autores principales: | Black, Monica, 1968- |
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Formato: | Libro |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: | New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2020 |
Edición: | First edition |
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Acceso en línea: | rezensiert in: German Historical Institute London Bulletin, Vol. XLIII (2021), 2, S. 120-124 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Reading signs |
A stranger in town |
The Miracle of Herford |
Soul medicine |
Messiah in Munich |
If evil is the illness, what is the cure? |
Sickness that comes from sin |
Are there witches among us? |
Kruse's crusade |
Dawn of the New Age |
Conclusion |