Dad keeps 5 kids in DIY Auschwitz

JODO · November 28, 2007

By VIRGINIA WHEELER

Published: 23 Nov 2007

A CRUEL father kept his wife and five children caged for two years in a "concentration camp" he built to resemble Nazi hell-hole Auschwitz.

Anatoly Titsky, 47, spent months erecting the "maximum security correctional facility" deep in a forest.

He dug a deep trench around the camp and surrounded it with a 20ft-high barbed wire fence.

And 20 ferocious guard dogs patrolled day and night, trained to kill any of the family if they tried to escape.

Son Sasha, 17, and his sisters Vera, 14, Polina, 13, Valentina, 12, and Kristina, five, perched for hours on tree stumps while Titsky lectured them on MORALITY.

Armed police raided the camp near the southern Russian town of Tashtagol, after a terrified mushroom picker stumbled across it.

As they closed in the sadistic dad ordered the family to flee into the forest where they were found hours later.

Under questioning Titsky — who had been banned from looking after his kids — finally admitted he "had been a little strict" on them.

The mushroom picker said yesterday: "When I happened across the prison it was like a concentration camp from Nazi Germany.

"There were red flags marking the limits and psychotic dogs foaming at the mouth while children stared out from behind the barbed wire."

Stench

Inside, hardened cops were sickened by the nightmare the children had endured.

Officer Dmitry Altunin yesterday said: "The air was thick with the stench of rotting garbage and there was a pile of rags the kids used to keep themselves warm in winter.

"This family shared a 15ft-long shelter with geese and livestock.

"The dogs would start barking as soon as his wife and children approached the red flags. These prisoners had no chance of escape." He added: "When we got near, the dogs kept us at bay and we had to shoot them to avoid being torn to shreds.

"But inside we found only Titsky cowering underground. He told the kids to run off as we approached."

The evil dad claimed he built the camp to "look like Auschwitz" for maximum security reasons.

He told cops: "Living in the forest isn't savagery. I wanted to bring my children up in harsh conditions so they'd be ready for any challenge.

Belongings ... battered kettles and toy out in the cold

"I admit to being a little strict with them."

The children were first taken to an orphanage. But now the authorities have allowed the family to reunite and they are living in a remote village in Siberia.

Officer Altunin added: "Titsky lectured the children on morals for hours. It did not matter whether it was raining or snowing outside.

"He tried to convince us he had built the camp for educational purposes. He demanded the children follow his orders unquestioningly.

"He controlled their every step. They did not wash, they lived like savages — and were scared to death."

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