Today we discuss the tragic and gruesome death of 14 year old Johanne Elizabeth “Bertha” Schippan. The youngest daughter of German immigrants who settled in Towitta, South Australia and practiced their Lutheran faith, in this remote landscape. This untimely death is still unsolved, and the clues left behind are truly baffling. In a shocking twist, her own sister would be charged with the horrific crime, but who was really responsible?
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Thanks ladies. This was the best presentation i have heard on the murder of Bertha Schippan. I live in South Australia. My mum has a german background with her relatives coming out from Silesia as German lutherans. Your research was great. There is a book called Devotion written by Hannah Kent, a south australian author. I think it was released last year and is fiction but based on alot of german migration. I think both of you would enjoy this book and Hannah’s other books. Thanks again. A great listen, Julie.
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