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'Post office witch' gets new trial
The Daily Telegraph Katharina Henoth was head of the post office in Cologne, western Germany, when she was charged with witchcraft, tortured and eventually sentenced to death in 1627 despite her protests of innocence, the Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger reported. Return of the witch trials: Extraordinary case of woman burned at the stake … Cologne witchcraft trial reopens after 400 years 400-year-old witchcraft trial resumes in Germany |
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