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-
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
Tabla de Contenidos
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