In his excellent article in “The American Scholar”, Bruce Falconer describes the paranoia in the colony: “The outer perimeter of Colonia Dignidad was marked by. Colonia Dignidad: Nobody Comes, Nobody Goes Mystery Veils Colony. In Chile, Colonia Dignidad began to adopt Chilean. Colonia Dignidad has instituted a. Germany declassifies files on Chilean sect ran by Nazi paedophile Paul Schafer. Germany is to declassify documents on a secretive colony – run by a Nazi paedophile in Chile – that was used as a torture site by dictator Augusto Pinochet. Announcing the move, foreign minister Frank- Walter Steinmeier expressed regret at German diplomats' failure to take action and stop abuses at Colonia Dignidad, or 'Dignity Colony'. The German enclave was founded in 1. Paul Schafer, a former Nazi soldier and convicted paedophile who fled for South America after the end of World War II. Schafer turned the commune into a sect where daily physical and mental abuse took place. The German immigrants that populated it were virtually enslaved. Bound to vow of secrecy they were lived in an oppressive environment, subjected to draconian punishments and often raped. Pinochet's secret police would also use the site, located in a in a remote area at the foot of the Andes some 3. Santiago, to torture prisoners and dissidents. Steinmeier said German diplomats should have done more to protect the victims, describing their handling of the Colonia Dignidad case as . He fled to Argentina and was arrested in 2. He was subsequently sentenced to 3. He died in jail in 2. Speaking at a screening of a movie on the colony starring Emma Watson and Daniel Bruehl, Steinmeier said he ordered files related to Colonia Dignidad from 1. Former residents have filed two separate lawsuits, one against Chile and one against Germany, seeking reparations. Colonia Dignidad continues to exist, but the community has changed its name to Villa Baviera. Colonia Dignidad leader Paul Schaefer sits in a wheelchair outside Interpol police station after questioning in Santiago in 2. Reuters. Convicted paedophile and former Nazi soldier Paul Schafer died in 2. HO/AFP/Getty Images. Pictures of the first German settlers in Villa Baviera, formerly known as Colonia Dignidad. CLAUDIO REYES/AFP/Getty Images.
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