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Original Title: TIL H.Kramer, author of the most popular work on witchcraft in early modern Europe and largely responsible for the witch hunting craze, was initialy condemned by theologians in his native Germany. They deemed his practices unethical and illegal, and his work inconsistent with catholic views.