A demon-haunted land : witches, wonder doctors, and the ghosts of the past in post-WWII Germany

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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Main Authors:Black, Monica, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2020
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Gröning, Bruno, 1906-1959
Germany > Social conditions > 1945-1955
Germany (West) > Moral conditions
Germany
Germany (West)
1900-1999
Geschichte 1945-1965
National socialism > Psychological aspects
Occultism > Germany > History > 20th century
Healers > Germany (West) > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Psychological aspects
World War, 1939-1945 > Moral and ethical aspects > Germany
Spiritual healing > Germany > History > 20th century
Psychic trauma > Germany
Ethics
Healers
Moral conditions
Occultism
Psychic trauma
Psychological aspects
Social conditions
Spiritual healing
Nationalsozialismus
Zweiter Weltkrieg
Psychisches Trauma
Okkultismus
Geistheiler
Wunderheilung
Deutschland
München
Biographies
History
Online Access:rezensiert in: German Historical Institute London Bulletin, Vol. XLIII (2021), 2, S. 120-124
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
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

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