Did Augusto Pinochet employ Nazis as henchmen?

[ck4829]

It seems as though there was a whole facility full of Nazis in a place called Colonia Dignidad during his reign.

"Colonia Dignidad ("Dignity Colony", now known as Villa Baviera, "Bavaria Village"), is a settlement located in an isolated area in the Province of Linares, Maule Region of central Chile, near the village of Parral. It was founded by a group of German immigrants led by Paul Schäfer (Luftwaffe medic) in 1961. The full name of the colony was La Sociedad Benefactora y Educacional Dignidad, like its precursor which the immigrants started in the mid-1950s.

The colony grew to some 300 residents, both Germans and Chileans, and covered 137 square kilometers (53 square miles). The main activity at the colony was agriculture, but it also featured a school, a free hospital, two airstrips, a restaurant and even a power station. The colony was quite secretive, surrounded by barbed wire fences, searchlights and a watchtower, and containing secret caches of war weaponry. Some have described it as a cult, though others considered it simply a group of harmless eccentrics. In recent years, though, some facts have emerged about the disturbing history of the colony. With Villa Grimaldi, it is considered as one of the most important detention and torture center of Augusto Pinochet's era, and links with DINA have been alleged."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_Dignidad

Here's something else of interest. Here's what happened to Paul Schäfer.

"On May 24, 2006 Schäfer was sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually abusing 25 children and was ordered to pay 770 million pesos (approximately US$1.5 million) to 11 minors whose representatives established suits. Schäfer was found guilty of 20 counts of dishonest abuses and five counts of child rape, all committed between 1993 and 1997."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sch%C3%A4fer

[PATRICK]

1. German "soldiers"

settled in upstate new York and Nazis in neighborhoods adjoining Jewish communities for the express aim of offsetting voting power and political power. Those inviting them in were the usual corporate suspects like Gannett of paper chain fame and the Bush GOP crowd. How things turn out depends on the political needs of the RW.