Austria's subterranean shame
The shocking story of a woman locked in a cellar for 24 years has forced the country to ask itself - what are we really hiding?
Kate Connolly
April 28, 2008 12:00 PM | Printable version
As Austrians woke this morning to the full and shocking details of yet another "girl in the cellar" discovery, the question must surely have been in many minds: "why are we here yet again?"
The case of 42-year-old Elisabeth F, incarcerated for 24 years, her youth and sanity stolen in the process, and systematically abused by her father. She bore his seven children, one of whom died after just three days, in her windowless prison.
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The shocking story of a woman locked in a cellar for 24 years has forced the country to ask itself - what are we really hiding?
Kate Connolly
April 28, 2008 12:00 PM | Printable version
As Austrians woke this morning to the full and shocking details of yet another "girl in the cellar" discovery, the question must surely have been in many minds: "why are we here yet again?"
The case of 42-year-old Elisabeth F, incarcerated for 24 years, her youth and sanity stolen in the process, and systematically abused by her father. She bore his seven children, one of whom died after just three days, in her windowless prison.
More at:
Austria's subterranean shame | Comment is free
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