I think the underlying cause was, the towns people didnt know why all the women where acting strangely (almost as if they were possessed) so they went to the one thing they trusted in most which was Religion and they assumed that the women were possessed and were Witches.
It would have been easy since there were no documents (I think) and most evidence was hear say.
the Germans boycotted Jewish owned business on the night of broken glass the Nazi brow shirts went and broke windows on Jewish stores put signs up that said this is a Jewish owned store and they burned synoguages
Lieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer (24 November 1890 – 11 August 1969) was a senior commander in the United States Air Force. He held senior command appointments in the China Burma India Theater of World War II and was Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Korean War.
