Deutsche Seelen - Leben nach der Colonia Dignidad (The German Souls - Life After Colonia Dignidad)

In 1961 500 German sect members immigrated to Chile and for over 40 years they lived cut off from the rest of the world. Drugs were administered as a form of sedation, child molestation was a regular occurrence, and severe punishment in the form of beatings and torture was commonplace: sect leader, Schaefer, insisted that discipline was spiritually enriching. The colony also became an operational base of the Pinochet secret service: Direccin Nacional de Inteligencia. The personal stories told are harrowing tales of longing, romantic notions, displacement and abject despair, about blame, taking responsibility and victimization.