This video was about "Colonia Dignidad" a colony founded by German Peter Schaefer in the secluded country side of Chile. He founded a community who were his German followers to keep their heritage intact in Chile. Or so he said. Schaefer was a pedophile. Colonia Dignidad seemed like a perfect community from the outside, but in reality there was child abuse, torture, murders, and forced labor being practiced. Schaefer was an expert manipulator and held his people in captivity for over 50 years. Justice still has not been reached for all of the victims of Schaefer and his nefarious actions.
I did not know that any of this ever happened! This was super eye opening. I was appalled. The abuse that these people went through was unimaginable. They were probed with electrodes and shocked to be sterilized. Little boys were sexually abused and raped by Schaefer and he got away with it! It is just insane. It really shows how evil people are and scares me. I'm also horrified with how long this went on for and how the camp is today a resort!? WHAT!? I would never go there and have a good time when there are massive burial graves around me and the remnants of poor tortured souls! This horrible event has still not been brought to justice and is to me still unresolved.
I agree, I was astonished to hear about this and couldn't believe I had never heard about any of this before the video. It really does need to be addressed and I like how you used "unresolved" because it really isn't resolved in the slightest.
ReplyDeleteI think the Colonia Dignidad story really shows how uneducated American Schooling is for international issues. It's surprising that I've never heard of this, even with both my Dad and my Grandfather being huge history buffs. Plus, they way they resolved things was very uneventful. These people are damaged for life and are not getting retribution for it.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of the Jonestown cult suicide because the man in the video talked about how he and other children were sexually assaulted, but they didn't necessarily know that it was wrong. He just knew that he did not like it. This makes me wonder how the adults were able to be manipulated into staying when they should have been protecting the children.
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