German doctor jailed for role in secret Nazi paedophile sect Colonia Dignidad in Chile

Human rights group welcomes ruling against Hartmut Hopp as long overdue.
Paul Wright By Paul Wright
August 15, 2017 11:15 BST



Hartmut Hopp, leader in charge of the German enclave Dignity Colony (Colonia Dignidad),
is escorted by police in 1997 after his arrest under charges of covering up child sexual abuse
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A German doctor convicted in Chile for his role in the sexual abuse of children at a secretive Nazi paedophile sect must serve a five-year jail sentence in his home country, a court has ruled.

Hartmut Hopp, 76, was the right-hand man of former Nazi soldier and convicted paedophile Paul Schaefer, who ran the Colonia Dignidad commune in southern Chile from 1961.

Hopp was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail by a Chilean court in 2011 for 16 counts of aiding in the sexual abuse of children.

He fled to Germany before the verdict took legal effect.

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Colonia Dignidad: Chile's colony of crime
It was called Colonia Dignidad, but dignity was nowhere to be found in this isolated settlement in Chile. Now called Villa Baviera, the "Bavarian" village wants to attract tourists on the former torture site.

Date 14.09.2015
Number of pictures 11



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