In today’s episode of Let’s Start a Cult – the story of Colonia Dignidad, a religious commune established on the foothills of Chile’s Andes Mountains. To outsiders, it seemed like a self-sustaining Christian community that strived to give back to the locals. However, it would later be revealed that it had ties to both Nazi Germany and the Pinochet government, which killed over three thousand people while a thousand more remain missing to this day.Sponsored by Db Journey: https://bit.ly/37cP8YP

01:00 - Introduction

03:34 - Paul Schäfer

08:39 - Life In Colonia Dignidad

26:36 - Sponsor

28:06 - Colonia Dignidad and Pinochet

30:05 - The Unraveling of Colonia Dignidad

35:00 - Conclusion

36:36 - Cult Critique

39:09 - Outro

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