The Women at Själö

The Women at Själö

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2008
0h 57m
3.5(4 votes)
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"You who enter, leave all your hope behind." Själö was Finland's first mental hospital. The hospital opened in 1622. Intended for those suffering leprosy. But Själö hospital also had a secret ward. A house for the insane. The ungodly and mentally ill were deposited here forever and their property fell to the church. In 1889 Själö became a storage area for women with "unbearable insanity".

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Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn

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Signe Erfors

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Cécile Orblin

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Joachim Thibblin

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Gungerd Wikholm-Östling

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