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Memorial to the Witches of Salem

In the middle of the vast atrium of the MACUSA building in New York City stands a memorial to the witches and wizards killed as a result of the Salem witch trials (WFT).

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In the film itself, the memorial takes the form of statues of the murdered witches, larger than life, standing in the center of the atrium. The statues were created by Bryn Court.

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