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In lederhosen and goatherder hat Germany is resurrected as a cabinet of horrors where Monster Truck leads the audience along the fine line between both the hospitality typical for the country and its blatant contempt, or even abuse, of foreigners. Situated at the foot of the Chilenian Andes, the German enclave "Villa Baviera" makes the perfect model for this little shop of horrors: a holiday resort spruced up in Bavarian style - a resort which, up until a short while ago, was known as ...

Chile and Germany have agreed to push for a memorial for the victims of sexual violence, torture and murder in the former German cult. But this isn't the first time such promises have been made.

Santiago de Chile, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Chile and Germany plan to establish a space for memory in the former Colonia Dignidad, and to repair the damage caused to the victims of human rights violations there.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Santiago this past weekend from Argentina and met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font at the La Moneda Palace. Both leaders discussed bilateral issues in what was their second encounter after the one in September last in New York during the 77th UN General Assembly.

Chileans have long known about Colonia Dignidad, a German colony depicted in the Netflix series 'A Sinister Sect' whose settlers committed countless acts of torture. Less discussed is the Chilean right’s complicity.

A young journalist stumbled onto a Nazi cult 20 years ago, the true horrors of which are only now reaching a global audience.

The Netflix series A Sinister Sect examines not only the history of a German community led by a Nazi in Chile but also the relationship between Latin American governments and the far right.

A colony of German Christians with a charismatic and manipulative leader establishes itself in Chile and becomes instrumental to the dictatorship in the Netflix documentary mini series ‘A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad’.

30/11/2021 - Matías Rojas Valencia goes straight to hell in his Tallinn official competition entry based on a terrifying true story that one would hope was completely made up

30/11/2021 - Matías Rojas Valencia goes straight to hell in his Tallinn official competition entry based on a terrifying true story that one would hope was completely made up