At Cult's Enclave in Chile, Guns and Intelligence Files [Nazi Poofter Alert]

NY Times ^ | June 17, 2005 | LARRY ROHTER

[Pharmboy]

Associated Press

Part of the large cache of military weapons found at Colonia Dignidad, an enclave in southern Chile established by an ex-
Luftwaffe medic, a convicted pedophile who supported the Pinochet dictatorship.

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 16 - The authorities in Chile searching for victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship who are said to be buried at the enclave of a secretive, apocalyptic religious cult of German émigrés have unearthed a large cache of weapons and intelligence files.

"This arsenal is going to end up being the biggest ever found in private hands since the restoration of democracy in 1990 and in the history of Chile," the deputy interior minister, Jorge Correa Sutil, told reporters on Wednesday. "Believe me, what has been discovered so far is of a dimension that can only be explained in a military context."

The enclave, Colonia Dignidad, was founded in southern Chile in 1961 by Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi Luftwaffe medic turned fundamentalist preacher. He fled around 1997 after being charged with the sexual abuse of more than two dozen boys in his care. He was convicted in absentia of pedophilia, arrested in Argentina in March and sent back to Chile, where he is now in prison, facing charges of kidnapping, forced labor, fraud and tax evasion.

Colonia Dignidad enjoyed official protection during the 17-year dictatorship of General Pinochet, and had close relationships with the Chilean Army and the state intelligence agency, known as DINA.

According to a 1991 government report on human rights abuses, Mr. Schäfer allowed DINA agents to hide political prisoners in the enclave and may have taken part in torturing detainees.

[Pharmboy]

Not your everyday story, eh?

[Calpernia]

ping

[Bars4Bill]

Those all look like 6-decade-old useless Sten junk.

[moog]

Not your everyday story, eh?

It's probably a good idea for conservatives to stop referencing Chile and Pinochet.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

In good working order, an old Sten bullet hose will still kill just as efficiently as a new H&k MP5.

A mess of holes in the chest is just as likely to kill from either one.

[Pharmboy]

Real conservatives have nothing in common with that totalitarian POS...

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

To the Slimes, this is obviously far more important than our progress in Iraq. What a pathetic "news organization".

[Pharmboy]

Yep...that's what I thought they were, but wasn't sure. Thanks.

[moog]

Real conservatives have nothing in common with that totalitarian POS...

I agree. Nevertheless, it gets referenced often. I've often wondered why.

[Bars4Bill]

In good working order, an old Sten bullet hose will still kill just as efficiently as a new H&k MP5.

I'd be more afraid of that table snapping under the weight of the rusted junk placed upon it for a NYT photo op.

[Pharmboy]

Well, for the same reason they try to hang Hitler on us. Which reminds me: the Europeans say that the greatest achievement of the Austrians was to convince the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian.

What the socialist media has done with Hitler is similar...repositioning him as a right winger.

[moog]

Well, for the same reason they try to hang Hitler on us. Which reminds me: the Europeans say that the greatest achievement of the Austrians was to convince the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian. What the socialist media has done with Hitler is similar...repositioning him as a right winger.

Actually, I meant the CONSERVATIVES are referencing Chile and Pinochet's policies in support of some conservative issues. I think social security is one of them.

Hitler was indeed a socialist, no question about that. He can't ever be thought to have been right-wing though. He wasn't one much for religion.

[Pharmboy]

Ah...okay. I get what your point was. Thanks for clarifying.

[Clemenza]

The enclave, Colonia Dignidad, was founded in southern Chile in 1961 by Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi Luftwaffe medic turned fundamentalist preacher. He fled around 1997 after being charged with the sexual abuse of more than two dozen boys in his care.

Is it me or was there something rather light in the loafers about the Third Reich. From the uniforms and the pageantry, to their idolization of the buff male body to the private lives of many of its members, many Nazis sure would've fit in well with the San Fran bathhouse crowd. Methinks Mel Brooks was on to something...

[Clemenza]

Nazis in "El Con del Sur" ping!

[razorback-bert]

It appears they had more guns than members.

[AlbertWang]

The enclave, Colonia Dignidad, was founded in southern Chile in 1961 by Paul Schäfer,

Does Letterman know about this?

[Pharmboy]

Gay Nazis indeed, friend. The Brown Shirts, headed by Ernst Roehm were gay pals of Hitler that he ultimately had to eliminate.

[Pharmboy]

Vee MUST investigate that umlaut! LOL!!

[Clemenza]

Well, Paul Shaffer (of the World's Most Dangerous Band) did cowrite "It's Raining Men."