Watch The Women at Själö Online

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The Women at Själö

The Women at Själö Online

  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 14/01/2008
  • Duration : 57 minutes
  • Director: Mikaela Weurlander
  • Production: YLE
  • Country: Finland
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Overview:

"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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