Germany, Chile agree to form joint commission on secretive cult


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: Former leader of the secretive sect Colonia Dignidad, Paul Schaefer (C), sits in a wheelchair outside the Interpol police station after questioning in Santiago, March 14, 2005. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez/Files

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Germany and Chile have agreed to create a commission to document crimes committed at a secretive sect founded by an ex-Nazi in the foothills of the Andes, the Chilean foreign relations ministry said on Thursday.

The agreement, signed late Wednesday, will create a documentation centre for the community, as well as a memorial for victims that were tortured and killed within its confines.

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