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The rest reads like a horror story. Priklopil barely fed her during her captivity, taking pleasure in showing her a plate full of food and then only giving her a small amount. She was also banned from showing any emotion. "He forbade me from crying because he was worried the...
Kampusch finally escaped in 2006. She was cleaning Priklopil's car in the driveway of the home when he got a phone call. While he was distracted, she dropped the vacuum cleaner and ran as fast as she could to the home of a neighbor, who then called police. Priklopil...
Six years later, I recall that moment because of the attention that is finally being paid to injuries in pro football - at least head injuries, prompted by the wonderful reporting of Alan Schwarz of the New York Times. But I also think about it because I know the focus will...
This short, short story comments on women and the adoption of animals. An interesting revelation: "Every time you see a beautiful woman, someone is tired of her, so the men say.” p. 64.
Israel says he survived in part because he learned German on the spot at Auschwitz. "It probably saved my life," he says. "If you didn't understand the SS and the Kapos [the prisoners who supervised work gangs] when they gave orders, then you risked death." During his time there...