The 1941 "campagne anti-superstitieuse" burns the temples (Haiti, 1941–42)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1941 · Places: Ayiti
SUMMARYThe 1941 "campagne anti-superstitieuse" burns the temples (Haiti, 1941–42) [Connections: Ayiti spirit, first-person, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDIn 1941 the Catholic Church backed a government campaign (Operation Nettoyage) to expunge Vodou, during which many ounfò (temples) were destroyed; violent responses from practitioners led President Élie Lescot to abandon it (Desmangles 1992, pp. 52–53, as cited). The occupation years had already fed foreign interest through Wirkus, Seabrook and John Craige (Hurbon 1995). HOSTILE actors: Church hierarchy and the Lescot government
PATTERNThe dark image justified real destruction of sacred places
LENS (WW9)The image came first; the burning followed
OPENFind a first-person account by a practitioner of 1941
SOURCEHistory of Haitian Vodou (Wikipedia mirror).