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Ref NoDEP/RIJ/8/91
TitleArticle on an incident of animal torture in Klein-Krummnussbaum due to suspicions of witchcraft
Date25 Mar 1928
Description Of ItemClipped article from the Observer in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie relating to an incident of witch burning in the Austrian village of Klein-Krummnussbaum, where a large toad was suspected of bewitching the village livestock. The peasants accused of animal torture were ordered by the village commune to pay a fine.
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