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Word: teufelsbuhlschaft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
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...Hasler wrote shortly before she died, "and if I cannot have a friend, I would like at least to have a cat or a parakeet to whom I could talk." At the time, not even her family would talk to her any more because they believed her guilty of "Teufelsbuhlschaft," or coupling-with-the-devil. Her tormentors considered this an act so evil that excorcism by prayer was useless. The devil had to be flailed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland: Beating the Devil | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

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