Elisabeth Fritzl’s Role In Reforming Germany’s Child Protection Laws

AOL: Elisabeth Fritzl Was Lured into a Basement By Her Dad and Trapped for 24 Years. Inside the Horrifying Case That Inspired “Room” — and How She Pulled Off Her Escape

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Elisabeth Fritzl was held captive in a basement and sexually abused by her father, Josef Fritzl, for 24 years — and had seven of his children. Years before the abduction, Josef remodeled the basement ...

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Elisabeth Fritzl Was Lured into a Basement By Her Dad and Trapped for 24 Years. Inside the Horrifying Case That Inspired “Room” — and How She Pulled Off Her Escape

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Josef Fritzl committed unspeakable crimes when he imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, in a soundproof basement he constructed in their Austrian home for over two decades. From 1984 to 2008, the ...

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