Colonia Dignidad

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Colonia Dignidad was an isolated colony established in post-World War II Chile by emigrant Germans which became notorious for the internment, torture, and murder of dissidents during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s while under the leadership of German emigrant preacher Paul Schäfer. Colonia Dignidad has been described as a "state within a state".

1961  WikimediaWikidata
religious community, intentional community, cult, clandestine center of detention and torture, human settlement, pedophilia, agriculture, mining, health care, torture, manufacture of weapons and ammunition, teaching, Q298


Location: -36.3875, -71.5875, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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