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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:21 am

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Docs lift TV ban to let Fritzl incest kids watch EURO [and more general (and encouraging) news about the family]:
Austrian Times
Sunday, 22. June 2008 - 18:06

Austrian docs have lifted a ban on the family of incest dad Josef Fritzl from watching live television - so they can watch EURO 2008.

Fritzl was a keen football fan and the entire family grew to enjoy the game as one of the ways to pass the time in the cellar.

Of the above ground family Alexander would often watch matches with his football mad dad Josef.

But although Austria is hosting the Euro 2008 together with Switzerland, the family had been unable to watch the matches as docs had decided not to let them have live TV, in case they saw reports about themselves on TV.

At the time clinic boss Berthold Kepplinger who heads the team helping the family to integrate back into society and with each other said: "We felt it was wise not to let them view the TV coverage as it was felt seeing reports about themselves could cause considerable distress."

Now however the ban is being lifted each time there is a game so that the family can watch the game together, including Kerstin who is also reportedly a football fan, as one of the exercises designed to help them become a stronger family.

"It will take a lot of adjustment but football is something everyone can share and take part in together," said one hospital source.

Christoph Herbst, the victims' lawyer, said: "Lisa, Monika, Stefan, Felix and Alexander are all enjoying doing things together as a family, although they are limited by circumstances, football is one thing they are watching together as they are slowly prepared for a 'normal' life in freedom."

Doctors are keen to establish a strong family routine and have given them a bungalow in the grounds of the Amstetten-Mauer clinic.

Each morning mum Elisabeth - raped and imprisoned by her father for 24 years - makes breakfast while her mother Rosemarie plays with the children, including games of Chinese chequers with Felix, six.

The older Fritzl children are having school classes to prepare them for exams before the summer holidays start, including Stefan who was described as surprisingly advanced given the circumstances. They are training with female private teachers. But in the afternoons, they enjoy their free-time.

The family is also being visited by relatives, most often Elisabeth's sisters. One relative said: "She has children of the same age. They then play for hours and turn the whole clinic into a madhouse."

Elisabeth's oldest son Stefan, 18, spends a lot of time playing computer games as he is fascinated by everything to do with new technology and computers in particular.
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