»She will never come back again«
The murder near Celje or a contribution to the dark side of the history of women striving to get a husband
Keywords:
criminalistics, murders, Celje, womenAbstract
The author deals with a robbery and brutal murder of the servant Ivanka Zakrajšck in Greto near Celje in the autumn ot 1938. A vicious and perfidious murderer Jurij Zabukošek was soon captured. In April 1939 he was taken to court, sentenced to death penalty, and in September 1939 he was hanged in the yard of the goal. The murdered woman got acquainted with the murderer through a marriage advertisement to which replied several other women (mostly servants) seeking a marriage partner. This microhistorical analysis is a case study, which enlightens a broader phenomenon. Numerous women tried to find a husband through newspaper advertisements and become independent housewives. Particularly the servants, who had to work hard, often dreamed about the prince on a white horse, waited to meet a suitable husband, and saved to bring more savings to the marriage. Women who were seeking a husband and had enough savings were also attractive for criminals and some of them cheated and robbed or even murdered many unsuspicious women using various criminal methods of seeking a bride.
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