Last Witch Trial

Last Witch Trial. In Glarus, a maid named Anna Göldi was beheaded in 1782 for allegedly poisoning her employer's daughter, marking the last witch trial in West…

Location: Glarus, Switzerland, Switzerland

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In Glarus, a maid named Anna Göldi was beheaded in 1782 for allegedly poisoning her employer's daughter, marking the last witch trial in Western Europe. The trial was a culmination of centuries of witch hunts in Switzerland, which claimed the lives of around 10,000 people. Göldi's execution was a result of a mixture of superstition, fear, and the societal pressures of the time.

Source: Im Hexenwahn – Blog zur Schweizer Geschichte - Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum

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