Ep. 164- Cult: Colonia Dignidad, A Torturous Nazi Compound in Chile

This week, Ali tells Ash about the "German torture cult" that you may have recently heard about on TikTok or other socials, but this baby was born, lived a long and fucked life and died years ago.

Started in 1961 by Nazi pedophile Paul Shäfer, this isolated colony was located in the rural town of Parral and was known as a little German paradise in Chile. Villagers thought that if their child got picked to live there (or even kidnapped) that they'd have a better life, without poverty. Behind the scenes, there was the kidnapping and sexual abuse of children, manual labor, the underground internment, torture, and murder of Chilean dissidents during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, and more atrocities committed under Shäfer and his cronies. The colony still stands in Chile and is now presented as a holiday destination, luring tourists with their cute little gingerbread buildings and Oktoberfest. Adorable.

TW: child abuse, child sexual abuse and torture.


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https://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Colonia-Dignidad-Season/dp/B0B8P959TVhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B8PCGPGL/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_Dignidadhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Schäferhttps://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/world/25schaefer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringsource=articleSharehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branhamhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Weisfeiler#:~:text=Declassified%20US%20documents%20suggest%20a,dictatorship%20Boris%20Weisfeiler%20allegedly%20drowned.