SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Paul Schäfer

1921 - 2010

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Paul Schäfer Schneider (4 December 1921 – 24 April 2010) was a German-Chilean Christian minister, convicted sex offender, and the founder and leader of a sect and agricultural commune of 300 German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony) (later renamed Villa Baviera) located in Parral in southern Chile, about 340 km (210 miles) south of Santiago from 1961 to 2005. Schäfer led his followers in the teachings of William Branham. Aside from human rights abuses against members of Colonia Dignidad, including rape and sexual and physical abuse (including torture) of young children, Schäfer maintained a relationship with Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973–1990) and was involved in weapons smuggling and the torture and extrajudicial killings of political dissidents. After the end of Pinochet's government, increased public awareness of the activities of Colonia Dignidad following testimony by former victims led to the issuing of a warrant for Schäfer's arrest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Schäfer is the 179th most popular social activist (down from 151st in 2019), the 1,482nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Social Activist.

Paul Schäfer is most famous for being the founder of Colonia Dignidad, a German commune in Chile.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Paul Schäfer ranks 179 out of 840. Before him are Joe Hill, Max Mosley, Otoya Yamaguchi, Maria Spiridonova, Paul Watson, and Chico Mendes. After him are Gretl Braun, Vinoba Bhave, Jan Karski, Manuela Sáenz, Klaus Störtebeker, and Carl Oberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paul Schäfer ranks 96. Before him are Stanley Ho, Philippe de Gaulle, Herschel Grynszpan, Mario Lanza, Chris Marker, and Yuri Nikulin. After him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Françoise Gilot, Dirk Bogarde, Raymond Goethals, Herta Bothe, and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento. Among people deceased in 2010, Paul Schäfer ranks 56. Before him are Bekim Fehmiu, John Forsythe, Teddy Scholten, Juliet Anderson, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, and Bent Larsen. After him are Hwang Jang-yop, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Milka Planinc, Martin Gardner, Carlos Andrés Pérez, and John du Pont.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Schäfer ranks 1,482 out of 7,253. Before him are William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1826), Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), Sepp Piontek (1940), Julius Schaub (1898), and Dettmar Cramer (1925). After him are Matthias Sammer (1967), Dorothea Binz (1920), Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (1866), William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), and Gretl Braun (1915).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Germany

Among social activists born in Germany, Paul Schäfer ranks 15. Before him are Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Widukind (755), Hans Scholl (1918), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), Alfred Naujocks (1911), and Gerda Christian (1913). After him are Gretl Braun (1915), Klaus Störtebeker (1360), Carl Oberg (1897), Rudi Dutschke (1940), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), and Christoph Probst (1919).

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