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on the whole, the book is reads like a detached, factual, analytical account from today's perspective. it does not go deep into emotions, barely at all; and maybe this is why it feels a bit "dry", or at least different than what i and maybe others expected.

I was so angry reading about her abduction and the beatings that he gave her. Just give me 5 minutes with him in the dungeon that he kept her in. It just made me mad reading it. How someone could do this I’ll never know. Completely robbed her of her childhood and teenage years. During her time as Priklopil’s hostage, Natascha was regularly beaten and threatened and later admitted to being raped by her captor. She was also starved so that she would not have the energy to escape. When she was allowed outside her cell and into the house, it was under constant threats from Priklopil, who claimed that the doors were rigged with explosives and that if she tried to escape, he would murder her and the neighbors.Film review: Natascha Kampusch's eight years in captivity – distilled into 111 minutes of cinematic brutality in 3096 Days". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 1 March 2015.

However, although Natascha was allowed some of the luxuries she requested and eventually let out of the cellar into the garden, Sky reports she also suffered immense cruelty at the hands of Priklopil. They report one of his motives for her kidnap was due to his admiration of Hitler - he wanted her to feel like she was victim of the nazis. In a statement after her escape, Natascha said "He gave me little to eat, little clothes, humiliated me, let me do heavy work and shaved my head. He admired Adolf Hitler and wanted me to feel like the Nazi victims."

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Elkins, Ruth (27 August 2006). "Natascha's survival is due to her young age and 'iron will' ". London: The Independent Online. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006 . Retrieved 27 August 2006. And knowing how difficult is to grow healthy, to achieve "normally" in this society, even in a regular family, I ask myself: how many of us, who judge Natascha, would be able not only to survive but to keep the hability of being happy, of not being defined by such a horrible experience and be able to move on and built a happy and normal life?

Natascha’s 8 and a half year ordeal started on March 2, 1998, when she was kidnapped by Wolfgang Priklopil in a white van and taken to his house, where she was kept imprisoned in the cellar beneath his garage until her escape in 2006. The room used to hold her captive was a tiny, windowless cell with only a small plastic exhaust fan for ventilation. It was soundproofed and accessed through a trapdoor in the garage which led to a cellar. It was hidden behind a shelf in the cellar was a hole in the concrete wall that led into the room. Natascha claimed in an interview that it took almost an hour to access her cell. Image Credit: Journeyman Pictures, YouTube When she was 18, the opportunity arrived — and Natascha Kampusch jumped at the chance. This is her harrowing story. The Abduction Of Natascha Kampusch By Wolfgang Přiklopil

Mediales Rennen um Kampusch entschieden; Natascha Kampusch in "Kronen Zeitung", "NEWS" und ORF"[Media race for Kampusch decided; Natascha Kampusch in "Kronen Zeitung", "NEWS" and ORF]. ExtraDienst (in German). 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007 . Retrieved 11 April 2021. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) I want to admit I deliberately, with regard to what happened on August 23, 2006 [the day Natascha escaped], did not say the truth because I feared the investigators would wrongly link me with the kidnapping. In January 2010, Kampusch said she had retained the house because it was such a big part of her formative years, also stating that she would fill in the cellar if it is ever sold, adamant that it will never become a macabre museum to her lost adolescence. In 2011, the cellar was filled in; [75] as of 2017 [update] Kampusch still owned the house. [76] See also [ edit ] Kole, William J. (30 August 2006). "Neighbors say they saw captive girl alone outside". NorthJersey.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2007 . Retrieved 4 September 2006.