
Josef Fritzl has revealed what was going through his mind when he decided to keep his daughter locked in the basement for 24 years in a row and have 7 children with her during that time.
The one who was called the " monster father " by the Austrian and worldwide media , shares his thoughts in his book " Die Abgründe des Josef F " (The Abyss of Josef F), which was published in Germany last week.
Fritzl, who imprisoned and sexually abused his daughter Elisabeth, was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 on charges of incest, rape, deprivation of liberty, slavery and the manslaughter of one of his newborn sons.
The unfortunate girl disappeared in 1984, when she was 18, and reappeared on April 26, 2008, when police discovered her in a secret basement beneath her father's house in Amstetten, Austria.
Reflecting on his crimes, 87-year-old Fritzl writes in the book: “At first, I had it as a game in my mind. Then, I learned. That idea that before seemed very absurd, very monstrous, began to take shape. One day it was clear to me what I had to do.
I just had to wait for the right moment. On that rainy Saturday morning, the moment came. My thought turned into action."
Fritzl prepared his prison, which had a heavy metal door behind a shelf in his work studio. Only he could open this door, by means of a code only he knew. He told his daughter that the door was electrified and if she touched it, she would die on the spot.
Describing how 24 years of horrific crimes began, Fritzl said: “ The next morning, I reported the girl's disappearance to the police station. The policeman said that since it was an 18-year-old girl, the girl could do whatever she wanted .
Fritzl forced the girl to write letters to her mother, telling her that she wanted her to stay away from home. Meanwhile, she told her neighbors that Elisabeth had joined a cult.
3 of the children were raised by Elisabeth in the cellar, one died a few days after birth and Fritzl threw the baby's body into the incinerator.
The other 2 were raised by Fritzl's wife, or grandmother Rosemarie, meanwhile, in another part of the book, Fritzl says: "Indeed, I am a good man"./ A2