Growing Up in the Basement
His dark plan seemed to work, as Rosemarie was grateful to have a connection with her missing child finally and happily took in her baby granddaughter. Little did she know, Josef was playing a game of happy families as a new father and grandfather at the same time.
Kerstin and Stefan stayed down in the cellar with Elisabeth, and Josef brought them weekly rations of food and water. Their mother tried to teach them what she could with her limited education and did her best to give them a normal life under the most horrific circumstances. For nine years, she lived in that tiny single room with her babies until Josef gave in in 1993.
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