A Demon-Haunted Land Quotes

“All of a sudden, overnight, on our block like all over Germany, arrogance, conceit, and stupidity spread out in all directions. Perfidy and malice ruled and anyone who didn't want to get in line became the subject of infamous intrigues and more or less open threats." - Johann Kruse”
― Monica Black, A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany

“If a farm's livestock gets sick or dies, or the children in a family don't turn out well, or a farmer doesn't succeed in business, he won't look long for the causes of his misfortune, because then he would have to confront the uncomfortable knowledge of his own ineptitude and negligence.”
― Monica Black, A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany

“And to avoid such thoughts it is pretty easy to suspect someone, out of jealousy or desire for revenge, of having used witchcraft to cause his bad luck.”
― Monica Black, A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany