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Songs of repression / directed by Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga ; produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen, Heidi Elise Christensen, Danish Film Institute.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Schäfer, Paul, 1921-2010.
- Schäfer, Paul.
- Torture--Chile--History--20th century.
- Torture.
- Political persecution--Chile--History--20th century.
- Political persecution.
- Colonia Dignidad (Chile).
- Chile--Politics and government--1973-1988.
- Chile.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (89 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Austria : Autlook Filmsales, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In German.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Chile lies the picturesque German colony of Colonia Dignidad (Colony of Dignity). However, the beauty of the place belies a grim past. In 1961, a German preacher named Paul Schäfer and his congregation moved to Chile with the stated aim of helping the poor. They established the colony, which transformed into a closed sect where child abuse, collective beatings and slave-like living conditions were an ongoing reality for 45 years. Many in the colony assisted Pinochet's dictatorship in torturing and killing political prisoners and burying them in mass graves on their own 40,000-acre land. In 2007, Schäfer was arrested and the colony opened up. During that process, the community changed its name to Villa Baviera (Bavarian Village), now a tourist resort where you can relax, eat German cuisine and listen to yodeling.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2022).
- OCLC:
- 1309919351
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