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Colonia Dignidad: Germany drops probe into sect doctor
Source: BBC
Colonia Dignidad: Germany drops probe into sect doctor
8 May 2019
Prosecutors in Germany say they have dropped their investigation into Hartmut Hopp, who worked as a doctor in a notorious commune in southern Chile.
Hopp was the right-hand man of Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi soldier who founded Colonia Dignidad in 1961.
A court in Chile found Hopp guilty of complicity in child sex abuse committed by Schäfer but the doctor fled to Germany before he could be jailed.
German prosecutors say the evidence was not enough to uphold the ruling.
Hopp's lawyer said that his client was "disgusted by the cruelties committed in Colonia Dignidad" but that he had never suspected that they were taking place.
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8 May 2019
Prosecutors in Germany say they have dropped their investigation into Hartmut Hopp, who worked as a doctor in a notorious commune in southern Chile.
Hopp was the right-hand man of Paul Schäfer, a former Nazi soldier who founded Colonia Dignidad in 1961.
A court in Chile found Hopp guilty of complicity in child sex abuse committed by Schäfer but the doctor fled to Germany before he could be jailed.
German prosecutors say the evidence was not enough to uphold the ruling.
Hopp's lawyer said that his client was "disgusted by the cruelties committed in Colonia Dignidad" but that he had never suspected that they were taking place.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48199495
Hartmut Hopp was convicted in Chile of complicity in child sex abuse in 2011 (AFP)
Colonia Dignidad was built to resemble a Bavarian village but the reality was very different (Getty Images)