Caption
Burning of witches in Wittenberg, woodcut showing the burning of four persons as witches in Wittenberg in 1540 as a pamphlet for deterrence. According to contemporary witnesses, the victims are roasted alive on pillars in a particularly cruel manner by being set up on oak pillars, forged and miserably smoked and dried out with fire, like bricks. Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time
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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste
Reference
BRK24E56_239
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No
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Royalty free
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35,6Mb (2,1Mb) / 10,4in x 13,3in / 3107 x 4000 (300dpi)