Colonia Dignidad Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Location == Located in a remote area in the [[Maule Region]] of central [[Chile]], Colonia Dignidad was located in the [[Communes of Chile|commune]] of [[Parral, Chile|Parral]], in a rural area on the north bank of the [[Perquilauquén River]], about 35 km southeast of the town of Parral. The full name of the colony from the 1950s was '''Sociedad Benefactora y Educacional Dignidad''' ("Charitable and Educational Society 'Dignity'{{thin space}}"). At its largest, Colonia Dignidad was home to some three hundred German and Chilean residents, and covered {{convert|137|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.<ref name=Fiefdom>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4340591.stm |title=Secrets of ex-Nazi's Chilean fiefdom |first=Becky |last= Branford |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2005-03-11 |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page