Within the confines of the Low Countries – a comparatively small, urban, and highly interconnected society, and one that was experiencing first-hand the efforts of pope, emperor, and other forces to eradicate the Lutheran heresy – the memories of the German Reformed Augustinians of Lower Germany could be kept alive by word of mouth. If the case of the vander Elst circle is any indication, such recollections continued to circulate, at least within certain groups. But the situation was different in the German-speaking lands of the Holy Roman Empire. Not having witnessed these events directly, any impact on the populace there would necessarily come from printed sources or, in a limited number of cases, via personal contacts. In the wake of the executions of Vos and van den Esschen especially, the German-speaking lands were flooded with accounts of this event. Modern scholarly attempts to evaluate their impact have relied almost entirely on inventorying such publications and analysing their contents. From the numbers of editions and knowledge of their places of publication, much insight has been gained into the dissemination of news regarding the event, despite the fact that a comprehensive list still eludes us. Yet although an analysis of these materials has provided clarity regarding how the executions were portrayed, little work has been done on the reception (and therefore the impact) of this information outside its influence on a few exceptional individuals.