| Apr. 29th, 2008 @ 11:04 am Family Values |
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This story almost seems too weird to be true. If it's real the sheer chutzpah of the perpetrator is stunning even though of course one must deplore what he did. My favorite line is the observation that the five year old seemed "cheerful." Life can still be good I guess even in a cellar. Some questions do come to mind: Wouldn't the wife have gotten a tiny bit suspicious about the first three children, who were supposedly left on their doorstep? And wouldn't there have been quite a lot of disappearing groceries to explain? I also wonder what the daughter told her children about their situation, what education she was able to give them, and what their experience will be now that they are free. I can imagine them being overwhelmed by new sensation and wanting to retreat back into something like the cellar to which they are accustomed. At best the adjustment will be difficult, especially for the 19 year old. Here's an update and another.
Finally, on May 9, Josef Fritzl got a chance to explain himself. Some of his remarks are rather quotable:
- "I constantly knew, during the entire 24 years, that what I did was not right, that I must have been crazy to do something like this."
- "When I went into the bunker, I brought flowers for my daughter, and books and stuffed animals for the children," he said. They watched adventure movies while the daughter, Elisabeth, cooked their favorite meals. "And then we all sat around the table and ate together," he said.
Idyllic, no?
Now Fritzl's victims thank the public. Fritzl's 18 year old son (and grandson), who spent his entire life in the cellar, "enjoys experiencing sun, fresh air and nature for the first time." |
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