A DEMON-HAUNTED LAND: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany

In the aftermath of World War II, a surge of supernatural obsessions swept through war-torn Germany. This work places in full view the toxic mistrust and spiritual malaise that unfolded alongside the economic miracle--the result of the unspoken guilt and shame of a nation remarkably silent about what was euphemistically called "the most recent past."