Question: man in germany who kept daughter in basement
Answer: The Fritzl case emerged in April 2008 when a woman named Elisabeth Fritzl ( born 6 April 1966 ) told police in the town of Amstetten , Austria , that she had been held captive for 24 years behind eight locked doors in a concealed corridor part of the basement area of the large family house by her father , Josef Fritzl ( born 9 April 1935 ) , and that Fritzl had physically assaulted , sexually abused , and raped her numerous times during her imprisonment .