Father who imprisoned his own daughter for 24 years blames Nazis
Josef Fritzl has blamed the Nazis for fostering the twisted morality that led him to imprison his daughter, Elisabeth, in a cellar for 24 years.
In an attempt to defend his conduct, he said Hitler's Germany had instilled "control and the respect of authority" in him.
He also said he had "rescued" Elisabeth, who was then 18, to keep her from "going out to seedy bars" and "drinking and smoking".
The claims were released by his lawyer almost two weeks after Fritzl, 73, confessed to imprisoning his daughter under his family home in Amstetten, west of Vienna, and fathering her seven children.
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In an attempt to defend his conduct, he said Hitler's Germany had instilled "control and the respect of authority" in him.
He also said he had "rescued" Elisabeth, who was then 18, to keep her from "going out to seedy bars" and "drinking and smoking".
The claims were released by his lawyer almost two weeks after Fritzl, 73, confessed to imprisoning his daughter under his family home in Amstetten, west of Vienna, and fathering her seven children.