Chile: Colonia Dignidad is transformed into a memorial

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A memorial is to be erected where the German Paul Schäfer abused children. The decision will be known shortly before Steinmeier's visit.

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The Minister of Justice, Jaime Gajardo, and the owner of Housing, Carlos Montes, announced the plan of expropriation of the lands of the former Colony Dignity. These will be converted into sites of historical memory as a result of the human rights violations committed during the military civil dictatorship (1973-1990). Gajardo said that “we are going [...] The entry government reports plan of expropriation of lands of former Colony Dignity was f…

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The Chilean government presented Monday the plan to expropriate part of the land of the former Colonia Dignidad, a German sectarian settlement located in the south of the country used as a detention, torture and extermination center during Augusto Pinochet's civil military dictatorship (1973-1990) where a new memorial site will be erected. In total, according to the Executive, 116.8 hectares of the area declared a Historic Monument in 2016 will …