EP 97: Paul Schäfer, The One-Eyed Pedophiliac Nazi Cult Leader

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing Paul Schäfer, a Nazi who -- following World War II -- had to flee Germany when he was charged with sexually abusing two boys at the orphanage that he ran there. He fled to Chile where he would establish a super creepy and torturous cult known as the Colonia Dignidad where he would physically and sexually abuse minors and torture political deviants…all with the support of the Chilean government. Schäfer would run this cult for over thirty years before he would finally be caught and charged with the crimes.

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