TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - A demon-haunted land : witches, wonder doctors, and the ghosts of the past in post-WWII Germany
A1  - Black, Monica, kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - New York
PB  - Metropolitan Books
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5524215
AB  - "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 rose to extraordinary fame, prayer groups performed exorcisms, and enormous crowds traveled to witness apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Most strikingly, scores of people accused their neighbors of witchcraft, and found themselves in turn hauled into court on charges of defamation, assault, and even murder. What linked these events, in the wake of an annihilationist war and the Holocaust, was a widespread preoccupation with evil. While many histories emphasize Germany's rapid transition from genocidal dictatorship to liberal democracy, A Demon-Haunted Land places in full view the toxic mistrust, profound bitterness, and spiritual malaise that unfolded alongside the economic miracle. Drawing from a set of previously unpublished archival materials, acclaimed historian Monica Black argues that the surge of supernatural obsessions stemmed from the unspoken guilt and shame of a nation remarkably silent about what was euphemistically called "the most recent past." This shadow history irrevocably changes our view of postwar Germany, revealing the country's fraught emotional life, deep moral disquiet, and the cost of trying to bury a horrific legacy"--
SN  - 978-1-250-22567-2 sidottu
KW  - 1945-1955
KW  - toinen maailmansota
KW  - sodanjälkeinen aika
KW  - kansallissosialismi
KW  - paha
KW  - traumat
KW  - paranormaalit ilmiöt
KW  - ihmeparannus
KW  - okkultismi
KW  - parantajat
KW  - noituus
KW  - andra världskriget
KW  - efterkrigstid
KW  - nazism
KW  - det onda
KW  - trauman
KW  - övernaturliga fenomen
KW  - helbrägdagörelse
KW  - ockultism
KW  - botare
KW  - häxeri
KW  - Saksa
KW  - Tyskland
ER  -