🏘️ Colonia Dignidad

Chile · Americas · 36.39°S, 71.59°W

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".

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Quick facts

Country	Chile
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	36.39°S, 71.59°W · view on map

Colonia Dignidad is located in Chile, in Americas.

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