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A witchcraft trial is re-opening in Cologne on Monday in the hope that one woman will have her name cleared, centuries after being burned at the stake.
Cologne witchcraft trial reopens after 400 years - The Local
Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:49 AM EST
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Cool, huh?
It is thought around 25,000 women were sentenced to death for witchcraft down the centuries in Germany - including Cologne native Katharina Henot. She was arrested and thrown in prison under charges of witchcraft in 1627. (...)
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#1 - Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:50 AM ESTFYI, I was being facetious @ #2.1.
Clearly, having been burned at the stake centuries ago she is quite dead.
I hope that her name is cleared.
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#4 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:59 AM ESTmy ansister was burned alive for a witch she was a witch too but she did nothing wrong
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Nothing wrong with witchcraft. Its practitioners take better care of the earth than most. Sorry to hear about your loss, capt.ace.
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My condolences capt.ace23. Religious persecution is never acceptable.
You don't seem to be guilty of anything but honesty.
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Nice for this one woman, but what of the other 23,000 or so that were also accused, tortured and burned to death? Their only real crime was to be accused. (and that's just Germany)
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#5 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:26 PM ESTI hope her name is cleared. However, this is a little too late. So many were slaughtered wrongfully.
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