Thursday, May 15, 2008

Update on The Monster of Austria - The Thank You Letter

Elisabeth Fritzl thanked the public in a handwritten note, for their support, after her 24-year imprisonment. It was posted on the notice board in the centre of her hometown of Amstetten.

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A wish-list scrawled in a child's hand yesterday revealed the slow steps towards recovery being made by the freed [children].

Five-year-old Felix Fritzl wrote that he dreams of sleigh rides, playing with other children and running in the meadows.

Stefan wrote: "I miss my sister. Am enjoying freedom and my family. Like the sun, fresh air and nature."

Alexander wrote: "I wish for freedom, power and strength, and the sun. I miss Fire Brigade (an Austrian youth group), school and my sister Kerstin."

Lisa wrote: "Wishes: health, that everything goes well, love, happiness. Misses Kerstin, school, friends, fresh air, Class 1C."

Monika wrote: "Wishes: that Kerstin gets better, lots of love, that everything is soon past. Misses: fire-brigade, music school, friends, school, Kerstin.

Felix wrote: "(Misses:) Sleigh rides, driving in a car, playing ball, swimming. Playing with other children, friendship, running in meadows."


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In the wake of the Josef Frizl incest scandal that has rocked Austria, the public has been drawn into a veritable vortex of self-recrimination, denial, defensiveness, utter helplessness, and anger at way in which the spectacle has unfolded—shocking even the most callous observers of criminal endeavors.

there are more recent updates in June

Austrian

Fritzl

Family

Make Mine Freedom - 1948


American Form of Government

Who's on First? Certainly isn't the Euro.