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625:. Members were often encouraged to confess to him both their own sins, and the sins of others that they had witnessed. Supposed sinners were often publicly outed and shamed during gathering times and meals. Women were thought to be inherently sinful, plagued by sexuality, thus the justification behind separating the men from the women. Schäfer often dictated forming romantic relationships, as far as saying when to get married and have children. Most of the time, however, conceptions of the family inside the colony were based not on genetics, but on loyalty to Schäfer, who self-identified as ‘The Permanent Uncle.’ When a child was born, it would not stay with its biological parents, but rather be raised by nurses in a group called ‘The Babies.’ Each stage of life was categorized like this, with the following stages being ‘The Wedges’ (up to age 15), ‘The Army of Salvation,’ ‘The Elder Servants’ by age 30, and lastly, by age 50, ‘The Comalos.’ This was done in an effort to give everyone an exact role in the colony's order. Inhabitants lived in groups of about six, and all wore similar German 30s-style clothing. Each person would work 12+ hours a day, receiving no payment, but doing so rather for the sake of Colonia Dignidad. 672: 949:, considered to be Schäfer's "right-hand-man" at Colonia Dignidad, was placed under house arrest in Chile while awaiting trial for human rights crimes. In May 2011, Hopp fled Chile on board a helicopter, later making his way to Germany. In June 2016, prosecutors in Germany petitioned a court to enforce a 5-year prison sentence that Hopp was sentenced to in absentia in Chile. In May 2019, German prosecutors announced that they had dropped their investigation into Hopp and Reinhard Döring. In January 2020, a lawyer for the victims, Petra Schlagenhauf, lodged a complaint seeking to have the investigation reopened. 664: 956:'s church in Germany, where they were protected from extradition. Frank is a leader of William Branham's followers in Germany. German protestors picketed in front of Frank's church to protest his actions. The government of Chile banned Ewald Frank from entering the country after finding he had been visiting and holding revival meetings with Schäfer's followers at Colonia. Schäfer's followers speculated to news reporters that Frank and Schäfer had known each other since the 1950s when they were both at Branham's European campaign meetings together. 277: 55: 1009: 985: 590:. The perimeter of the colony was made up of barbed wire, searchlights, and a watchtower. Today the colony is not as isolated as it was under Schäfer's leadership; Schäfer made great efforts to keep the colony as isolated as he could. The road to the colony cut through farmland and forest, and brought the traveler to a large barbed-wire fence that was generally heavily protected. Inside, however, the colony seemed fairly normal, though a bit old-fashioned: 993: 1001: 813: 39: 62: 747:
insisted that discipline was spiritually enriching. One of the first instances of abuse allegations was in 1966 from escapee Wolfgang Müller, who had been sixteen when he came to the colony. He claimed that he was forced into slave labor, received regular harsh beatings, and was molested by Schäfer on multiple occasions. Müller said that former Nazis were part of the colony as well.
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Schäfer claimed to experience a healing in the meeting, and thereafter began to strongly teach some of Branham's key doctrines. Following the 1955 meetings with Branham, Schäfer began to put more of William Branham's doctrines into practice in his group, and began to insist to his followers that they were the "only faithful ones" to William Branham's teachings.
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Dignidad as a utopian paradise, seemingly frozen in a time before World War II. In reality, Schäfer ran a fear-based colony where members were barred from interacting with the world outside the community, and a few were armed to protect the community against possible outside attacks. The inhabitants lived under an abnormal
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The colony continued to ‘import’ children from Germany and the surrounding areas until the end of Schäfer's leadership. Colonia Dignidad grew to have about 350 people, around 100 of whom were children. Those on the side of the colony said that it was a harmless organization, but, those against it recounted it as
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The high concentration of Germans in Chile shaped the country's overall attitude towards subjects like education and military. A few of the Germans who immigrated to Chile in the 1960s were former Nazis led by Paul Schäfer. Colonia Dignidad was a “Nazi stronghold protected by the Chilean government.”
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was present at the colony. The colony itself rejected the accusation when Wiesenthal published it in 1997 in the Chilean press. The German government states that to this date, there is "no evidence to support or invalidate Wiesenthal's claim or the more general allegation that the Colonia Dignidad or
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However, Schäfer's propaganda efforts were again and again overshadowed by allegations of people escaping from the colony and obtaining asylum in Germany. The earliest known example was Wolfgang Müller, who fled in 1966 and first exposed the atrocities that occurred within the colony. Müller obtained
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sent a team of coordinators to the colony whose task it was to make sure the inhabitants would be fully integrated into Chilean society. Their main advice was to modernize the estate, so the inhabitants could gain their livelihood within the premises. One of the ideas was to turn the facilities into
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In 2010, Chilean authorities opened an investigation into the events occurring in the colony during the 1990s, resulting 19 months later in the Supreme Court issuing a unanimous ruling to prosecute 16 Chilean and German members of the colony. On 28 January 2013, six former leaders of the colony were
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peasant garb and sang German folk songs. Sex was banned, with some residents forced to take drugs to reduce their desires. Drugs were also administered as a form of sedation, mostly to young girls, but to males as well. Severe discipline in the forms of beatings and torture was commonplace: Schäfer
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Ewald Frank was a key figure in helping Colonia establish its weapons factories by contracting with German arms producers to assist the colony in setting up their operations. Frank also played a role in assisting in the sale and transport of the materials and supplies for the operations in Colonia.
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officially acknowledged the responsibility of Germany and the failure of the German foreign policy regarding the Colonia Dignidad and members of all the parties in the German parliament passed a resolution giving the government a year to come up with plans to investigate the history of the colony,
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In 1996, Schäfer fled child sex abuse charges in Chile, escaping arrest until 2005. The previous year, in his absence, a Chilean court had convicted him of child abuse, together with 26 other cult members. In 2006, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He died in prison of a heart ailment, on 24
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Schäfer, despite living in Chile for most of his adult life, spoke little Spanish, as only German was spoken inside the colony. He was described as having a very serious demeanor, and rarely smiled, but was considered to be quite charismatic nonetheless. He made great efforts to illustrate Colonia
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Before coming to Chile, Schäfer had attempted to start an orphanage in Germany, but two mothers living there accused him of molesting their children, so to escape judicial consequences, he fled to Chile. Schäfer arrived in Chile in 1961 with around 70 followers, and a number of kidnapped children.
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In 1967, Schäfer freed another inhabitant of the colony, Heinz Kuhn, who confirmed the allegations previously made by Müller, and provided more information on abuses. However, these first allegations were rejected by politicians and were emphatically denied due to their ties with the management of
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Some defectors from the colony have portrayed it as a cult in which the leader Paul Schäfer held the ultimate power. They claim that the residents were never allowed to leave the colony, and that they were strictly segregated by gender. Television, telephones and calendars were banned. Residents
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To the outside world, the colony portrayed itself as a prime example of German efficiency, cleanliness and communal work. The profitable agricultural production and an attached charity hospital helped preserve this image for a long time. The colony had its own press operations which recorded and
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The village had modern apartment complexes, two schools, a chapel, several meetinghouses, and a bakery that produced fresh cakes, breads, and cheeses. There were numerous animal stables, two landing strips, at least one airplane, a hydroelectric power station, and mills and factories of various
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from Germany, and was very excited when Branham made a personal visit to Germany in 1955. Schäfer and other members of his church served as William Branham's personal security detail on his 1955 European tour. One sermon during his visit to Karlsruhe, Germany, left a deep impression on Schäfer.
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during Branham's time in Germany. Schäfer may have been influenced to move to Chile by Branham's doomsday prophesies that predicted the imminent destruction of western democracies. Schäfer continued to promote Branham's teaching throughout his life, and many escapees and the current members of
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Working as an independent preacher, Schäfer formed a community in Gronau dedicated to working with children at risk. He quickly acquired great influence over his members, who had to perform hard farm work without pay. Shortly thereafter, stories reemerged relating to the earlier allegations of
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Prisoners being tortured in the tunnels under Colonia Dignidad were each interrogated to gain an understanding of their personality in order to gauge the appropriate torture technique. These techniques led to a number of afflictions lasting indeterminate periods of time. As many as 100 of the
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kinds, including a highly profitable gravel mill that supplied raw materials for numerous road-building projects throughout Chile. On the north side of the village was a hospital, where the Germans provided free care to thousands of patients in one of the country’s poorest areas.
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The colony had a school and hospital in the enclave which offered support to rural families through free education and health services. This would, ultimately, create support in case the colony was attacked. However, there are many cases uncovered in recent years that refer to
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broadcast videos showing their happy residents amid celebrations and commemorations: men dedicated to farm work, women and girls embroidering or preparing butter. Diplomats at the German embassy ignored reports of the violence and crime and praised it as a “model colony”.
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When the transition of the colony first started, many of the former victims protested in front of the "Villa Baviera", attached photos of the murdered and disappeared on the fence and compared the use of the former torture site to "installing a McDonald's in Auschwitz".
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and Colonia Dignidad. Townley also revealed information about Colonia Dignidad and the army's Laboratory on Bacteriological Warfare. This last laboratory would have replaced the old DINA laboratory at Vía Naranja de Lo Curro hill, where Townley worked with the chemist
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remained unchanged. Allegations of abuses and humiliations that occurred inside the colony increased. National and international pressure intensified, but each time the police tried to conduct an investigation at the site they were greeted with a wall of silence.
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committed under Schäfer's supervision in collaboration with Pinochet. In the late 1970s, Pinochet allegedly ordered for the mass graves containing hundreds of murdered detainees to be unearthed and for the bodies to be either thrown into the sea or burned.
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investigations. The presence of Colonia Dignidad had an effect on the general political opinion of the surrounding areas, and the government as well because of this, considering the political ties between Colonia Dignidad and the Chilean government.
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When investigations were launched into Colonia in later years, many members of the colony fled back to Germany where they found refuge with Frank. Schäfer maintained connections to Branham until the time of his death in a car accident in 1965.
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system, where in addition to minimal contact with the outside, Schäfer ordered the division of families (parents did not talk to their children, or did not know their siblings). It prohibited all kinds of relations, sentimental or
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At the time that Hopp fled Chile, 10 other cult members were out on bail awaiting trial on various charges. Fearing that they would also flee the country, their bail was immediately revoked and they were taken into custody.
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years, citing evidence from declassified US files. In 2016, the case was closed and the men were freed when a judge ruled that Weisfeiler had indeed been abducted, but that it was only a common crime, long past the
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were held at Colonia Dignidad, and that some of the colony's residents actively helped the DINA torture some of the captives. Colonia Dignidad's involvement came to light as early as an October 1976 report from the
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Before officially moving his organization to Chile, Paul Schäfer requested that the Chilean government exempt him from paying taxes and grant him asylum as long as he helped with gaining political intelligence. The
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in order to deliver on the promise of free education. Locals around the colony generally knew Colonia Dignidad to be made up of hygienic, hard-working individuals who led a very structured life.
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authorities remained powerful and also had allies in the army and among the Chilean far right, who would warn them in advance when the police were preparing to visit the site.
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Another DINA detention center described in the document, in which it is alleged that experiments in torture are carried out, is Colonia Dignidad, near the town of Parral…
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in 1996 to escape child molestation charges in Chile, control over residents loosened. Residents of the colony are now free to leave, and the site is open for tourism.
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had the job of demonstrating Nazi torture methods to the secret police of Chile. Many of Schäfer's followers who had Nazi pasts joined him to escape post-World War II
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There are more than 1,100 desaparecidos (disappeared people) in Chile, some taken to the Colony where they were tortured and killed. One of them is a U.S. citizen,
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In 1991, the name of the settlement was changed to "Villa Baviera". Residents of the colony are now allowed free ingress and egress, and some study at
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Slowly, Chilean public awareness began to change, creating a growing feeling of resentment towards the place, which many began to perceive as an
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In 2004, a Chilean court convicted Schäfer and 26 other cult members of child abuse. In 2006, Schäfer was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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pedophilia against him. As a result, in 1961, Schäfer organized the emigration of several hundred members of their community to Chile.
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April 2010, at the age of 88. At the time of his death, he was still under investigation for the 1985 disappearance of mathematician
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in structure, and highly restrictive in terms of interaction between genders and in expression of sexuality, with a reportedly
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between Chile and Argentina. The hospital at Colonia Dignidad also served as a laboratory for the manufacture of weaponized
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noted a wealth of information supporting the accusations of the use of the land owned by Colonia Dignidad for detention and
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as well. Several members of Colonia's leadership of the time, including Schäfer, were participants in the atrocities.
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sentenced to prison, while the remaining 10 were found guilty of lesser crimes and given probationary sentences.
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during his rule were held as prisoners at Colonia Dignidad, most of whom were subjected to torture, and often to
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German citizenship and worked for a newspaper, soon becoming an activist in Germany against the leaders of
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Hopp and other alleged accomplices in Schäfer's crimes who were charged and awaiting trial took refuge in
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or as a group of "harmless eccentrics". The organization was secretive, and the Colonia was surrounded by
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Because of Colonia Dignidad's close association with the Chilean military and strategic proximity to the
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report, "Disappeared Prisoners in Chile", with the latter report describing the evidence in this way:
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caches in or around the colony. The first, within the colony itself, included three containers with
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Schäfer and members of the colony were deeply religious and followed the teachings of
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In these underground prisons, the captives were tortured in numerous ways, including
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In 1988, Georg and Lotti Packmor escaped and testified in a parliamentary hearing in
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The first inhabitants of Colonia Dignidad arrived in 1961, brought by German citizen
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The grave where the bodies of murdered detainees were buried and later exhumed from
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Sect's operation space, with overlapping use as concentration and torture camp by
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citizens taken to Colonia Dignidad by the DINA were murdered at the colony.
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Ratline: Soviet Spies, Nazi Priests, and the Disappearance of Adolf Hitler
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of children from families residing in the surrounding areas by the German
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The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability
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The Nazi underground in South America was established some time before
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Colonia Dignidad. Ein Reporter auf den Spuren eines deutschen Skandals
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Chile turned to democracy in 1990 after 17 years of dictatorship, but
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Colonia Dignidad: Eine deutsche Sekte in Chile (TV Mini Series). 2021
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Secretive colony founded by Germans in Chile, formerly torture center
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has suggested that there was some degree of cooperation between the
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in the 1970s while under the leadership of German emigrant preacher
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Lederhosen, Dutt und Giftgas: Die Hintergründe der Colonia Dignidad
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a "wellness-farm with hot springs and organic yoghurt production".
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Geboren im Schatten der Angst, Ich überlebte die Colonia Dignidad
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Another DINA detention center described in the same document, ...
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its legal successors was a place of refuge for Nazi criminals.
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In June and July 2005, Chilean police found two large illegal
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indicate that a small set of the many individuals abducted by
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Das Blendwerk: Von der "Colonia Dignidad" zur "Villa Baviera"
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Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement in the Occult
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Colonia are still affiliated with the teachings of Branham.
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1973–1985 (as concentration camp of Pinochet's dissidents)
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In January 2005, former Chilean secret police operative
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took power. It was suggested that part of the intense
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doctor, known as the "Angel of Death" for his lethal
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concluded that a number of people apprehended by the
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European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
1910:"German Cult Leader in Chile Gets 20-Year Sentence" 335:In 1991, the name of the settlement was changed to 2470: 1560: 897:provided shelter to some escaped Nazi criminals. 422: 2921: 2424:"Krefeld and its connection to Colonia Dignidad" 2032: 1055:, a 2015 film set primarily in Colonia Dignidad. 689:National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation 576: 498:Claims of German Intelligence Service assistance 444:, as demonstrated later in Chilean court cases. 318:National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation 2175:"Chile discovers weapons cache on cult grounds" 1903: 1901: 2915:Official site of current Villa Baviera colony. 2875:. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1988. 173 S., 2873:Colonia Dignidad: ein deutsches Lager in Chile 2657:." UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 2014. 2622: 1999: 1872: 1870: 1748:. New York: The New Press. 2004. p. 129. 1526: 1233: 1144: 375:("Charitable and Educational Society 'Dignity' 284:Colonia Dignidad's longest continuous leader, 2686:. The relevance of this article us uncertain. 2672:. AlJazeera. 15 December 2013. Archived from 2655:Hopes and Horror. A German community in Chile 2339: 2311: 2245: 2199: 2144: 2058: 1600: 1575: 1545: 1501: 1476: 1451: 1426: 1166:"Siege may force colony to yield its secrets" 917:in Chile can be attributed to Nazi presence. 240:internment, torture, and murder of dissidents 1898: 1270: 1189: 1020:. As of 2019 Villa Baviera is operated as a 2548: 2546: 2367: 1867: 1394: 1392: 461:Human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile 398:Schäfer had been following the ministry of 373:Sociedad Benefactora y Educacional Dignidad 367:, in a rural area on the north bank of the 2484: 2482: 2122:(in Spanish). 16 June 2005. Archived from 1363: 1361: 1359: 2860:. Stuttgart: Schmetterling Verlag, 1993, 2718:. Stuttgart: Schmetterling Verlag, 2005. 1957: 1780: 1717: 1699: 1398: 1334: 1273:"The Colony: Chile's dark past uncovered" 853:Learn how and when to remove this message 720:, a Soviet-born mathematics professor at 2543: 2116:"Arsenal encontrado en Colonia Dignidad" 1845: 1638: 1389: 1367: 1196:Human Rights Violations in Latin America 1007: 999: 991: 983: 829:Relevant discussion may be found on the 670: 662: 548: 454: 275: 61: 2488: 2479: 2422:Dannemann, Victoria (26 October 2018). 2282: 1995: 1993: 1991: 1989: 1876: 1814: 1356: 1163: 1117: 733:, instead of a human rights violation. 440:the Colony in their preparation of the 2922: 2000:Reynoso-Palley, Amanda (25 May 2011). 1907: 1370:"Secrets of ex-Nazi's Chilean fiefdom" 359:, Colonia Dignidad was located in the 192:1961–2007 (as sect's operation place) 2584: 2520: 2518: 1935: 1810: 1808: 1806: 1804: 1776: 1774: 1695: 1693: 1691: 1689: 1634: 1632: 1630: 1628: 1626: 1624: 1622: 750: 658: 541:as part of the Pinochet government's 280:Protesters asking for justice in 2015 2970:Populated places in Linares Province 2965:Populated places established in 1961 2086: 1986: 1963: 1879:"Fugitive Nazi cult leader arrested" 1639:Falconer, Bruce (1 September 2008). 1306: 1302: 1300: 1253: 1251: 1249: 979: 937: 806: 679:During the military dictatorship of 43:Hotel Villa Baviera in February 2014 2689:Levenda, Peter (Kindle ed., 2012). 2033:Weisfeiler, Olga; Weisfeiler, Lev. 1846:Porteous, Clinton (11 March 2005). 1546:Collins, John (23 September 2016). 1118:de Sena, Donato (8 December 2010). 1063:, season 2 episode 8 "Nazi Colony". 442:military coup of September 11, 1973 133:Internment and murder of dissidents 13: 2644: 2515: 2489:Roberts, Laina (29 January 2013). 2471:Basualto, Rebecca (9 March 2009). 2246:Der Bundestag (13 December 2001). 1970:Amnesty International Publications 1801: 1771: 1702:"Sobre la presencia nazi en Chile" 1686: 1619: 1561:Basualto, Rebecca (9 March 2009). 1164:Rotella, Sebatian (25 June 1997). 326:Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional 69:Location of Colonia Dignidad (now 14: 3001: 2908: 2728:Vedder, Efrain & Lenz, Ingo. 2585:Zuber, Helene (16 October 2005). 2283:Stirken, Norbert (27 July 2016). 1848:"Fugitive Chile cult leader held" 1733:A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad 1368:Branford, Becky (11 March 2005). 1335:Oppenheim, Marella (2 May 2018). 1297: 1271:Staff writer (15 December 2013). 1246: 901:in South America decreased until 2059:Staff writers (22 August 2012). 1966:"Disappeared Prisoners in Chile" 1601:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1576:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1548:"Colonia Dignidad and Jonestown" 1502:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1477:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1452:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1427:Basso, Carlos (4 October 2022). 1307:Reel, Monte (27 February 2013). 811: 351:Located in a remote area in the 137:Pinochet's military dictatorship 60: 53: 37: 2629:. 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Index

DINA

Colonia Dignidad is located in Chile
Coordinates
36°23′13″S 71°35′17″W / 36.38694°S 71.58806°W / -36.38694; -71.58806
Internment and murder of dissidents
Pinochet's military dictatorship
Parral
Paul Schäfer
Boris Weisfeiler
World War II
emigrant Germans
internment, torture, and murder of dissidents
military dictatorship
Augusto Pinochet
Paul Schäfer
William Branham
agriculture
airstrips
power station

Paul Schäfer
West Germany
cult
barbed wire
watchtower
searchlights
Chilean government
child sexual abuse
National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation

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