Maja Daniels
Gertrud, Rest in Power!
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In Älvdalen, a small town in the North of Sweden, there once lived a girl named Gertrud. In 1667, when she was eleven years old, Gertrud was accused of walking on water. After being horribly tortured by a local priest, she confesses to sorcery, setting off a firestorm of accusations in the region. Hundreds of women are executed after being accused of witchcraft.
As we have learned from Marx, ‘Capital is born dripping from head to toe, from every pore, with blood and dirt‘. Gertrud stands a (…)
