Watch The Survivors, Colonia Dignidad

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How could something like this have gone on for so long? The exchange of favors, diplomacy and the use of personal information granted the colony total impunity. Sch

In March 2020, in Santiago, Chileans who had been abused by Paul Sch

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Nowadays, Villa Baviera is a settlement in the Chilean foothills, with some of its inhabitants being of German descent and others of Chilean descent. They are the children of a group of immigrants who were part of a religious community from the post-war era, arriving in Chile in the '60s to help the orphans from the region. But the enclave then known as Colonia Dignidad turned into a slave and torture camp, where 300 settlers spent nearly 40 years at the mercy of their leader, Paul Sch