A Bishop Saving ‘Singers’: Tales of Torture in Pinochet's Chile

The article provides a brief biographical introduction of Lutheran Bishop Helmut Frenz, co-founder of the Committee for Peace, credited with saving at least 6,000 lives of persecuted Chileans following the September 1973 military coup at the hands of the brutal general Agosto Pinochet. Excerpts from...

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Main Author: Frenz, Helmut (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2008
In: Dialog
Year: 2008, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-260
Further subjects:B torture in Chile
B Committee for Peace
B Agosto Pinochet
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Summary:The article provides a brief biographical introduction of Lutheran Bishop Helmut Frenz, co-founder of the Committee for Peace, credited with saving at least 6,000 lives of persecuted Chileans following the September 1973 military coup at the hands of the brutal general Agosto Pinochet. Excerpts from Frenz' book, Mi Vida Chilena, document Pinochet's acknowledgment that torture was the regime's official policy, and share the poignant story of one suspected leftist's brutal torture.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2008.00399.x