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04. May 2008
Kurier
Vienna
TABOO SUBJECT INCEST
Sunday coverstory
The drama of Amstetten throws the light on a crime that happens behind the facades of apparently respectable families. This painting of the Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein expresses the anguish of the child's soul. The artist, who lives in Ireland, called this watercolor fom the 70s "Song I".
Helnwein's whole work thematizes pain, injury and violence of and against children. |
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AT THE ABYSS - Incest case in Austria
Sueddeutsche Zeitung Holger Gertz 28. April 2008 |
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Amstetten between discomposure and media-hype: A dungeon amidst the town, a father inflicting martyrdom onto his children - how we struggle to put the pieces of the incomprehensible together.
The dungeon in Amstetten touches something deep inside the marrow of the Austrians, their dark side, mirrored in the poems of their authors and in the Images of Gottfried Helnwein, depicting people with forkes pusched into their eyes. Or Girls with blood running down their legs. Helnwein's paintings are nightmares, they tell of of the dungeons in our heads... |
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DER MEDIENFALL VON AMSTETTEN
Medienheft
Schweiz Urs Meier 05. Mai 2008 |
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Mit Grossaufwand an den drängendsten Fragen vorbei
Der Reporter der Süddeutschen sieht in diesen Kriminalfällen, ohne kurzschlüssig über einen generellen Nationalcharakter zu spekulieren, eine sehr österreichische Form sozialer Abartigkeit, in der Lebensunfähigkeit mit Intelligenz gepaart sei. In den hyperrealistischen Bildern des österreichischen Malers Gottfried Helnwein findet Gertz einen Schlüssel zum Verständnis des Umfeldes, in dem das Amstettener Verbrechen möglich wurde. Helnweins grausame Bilder stossen den Betrachter darauf, das Schreckliche liege vor Augen – und kritisieren so das notorische Wegsehen. Das Verlies von Amstetten, so Gertz weiter, berühre etwas im Inneren der Österreicher, ihre verdrängte dunkle Seite. Dieser Hang zum Verdrängen werde in der österreichischen Kultur, auch der populären, immer wieder blossgelegt in Gestalt eines kaum verhüllten Grauens.
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Father confesses to years of abuse in 'house of horrors'
The Guardian,
Kate Connolly April 29 2008 |
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73-year-old Austrian reveals underground dungeon where he fathered seven children with imprisoned daughter
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Austria Stunned by Case of Imprisoned Woman
New York Times
By Mark Landler April 29, 2008 |
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Mr. Fritzl’s apartment house, its back garden obscured by a tall hedge, was his kingdom, one neighbor said, and interlopers were not welcome. On Monday, investigators in white jumpsuits combed the house and garden for clues. The authorities said Sunday that Mr. Fritzl, 73, had kept one of his daughters imprisoned for 24 years in a basement dungeon, where she bore him seven children.
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Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Holger Gertz, 28. April 2008
