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The Women at Själö(Kvinnorna på Själö)

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Finland · 2008
57m
Director Mikaela Weurlander
Starring Jutta Ahlbeck-Rehn, Signe Erfors, Cécile Orblin, Joachim Thibblin
Genre Documentary

"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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