Word: rauff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...RAUFF FELT SO secure in Chile that in 1966 he told a journalist who asked him how he viewed his actions during the war, "I would have to say I would do the same thing again. There was nothing else to do." His peaceful existence was, however, ended in 1970 by the election of Allende and the Popular Unity government. Astute enough, after 25 years avoiding trial, to realize that even if Allende did not deport him, his ownership of the factory would be threatened, Rauff fled Chile. He apparently lived in exile in another South American country...
After the overthrow of Allende by CIA-supported Chilean militarists, Rauff returned to Chile, and was welcomed with his appointment as chief advisor to the head of DINA...
...sixty-seven, it is conceivable that Rauff might find the pace of work at DINA a little torrid, even by his previous standards. Under a policy of systematic repression and intimidation mass arrests have taken place in villages throughout Chile during recent months. According to a report of the International Commission of Jurists, the number of people arrested in these actions may be anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000. This is the second stage of organized terror by the junta and DINA. In the first stage, mass executions were the mode of repression. Perhaps as many...
...Walter Rauff must now feel more comfortable in Chile than ever before. Conditions there are very much like the good old days. No warrants are required for arrests, there is no quibbling over habeas corpus rights, the military has largely taken over the educational system and labor unions have been virtually eliminated. And conveniently enough there has been an up-surge of anti-semitism. Even in the days preceding the coup the right was beginning to attempt to awaken anti-semitism, as indicated in an editorial published in La Prensa, the official daily of the Christian Democratic party on August...
SINCE THE COUP, the junta has apparently begun to act in accordance with concepts expressed in this editorial. Anti-semitism, encouraged and practiced by the state, is widespread, and Jews have become key targets of DINA oppression. Such times are heaven-sent for former Obersturmbannfuhrer Rauff. We can only hope that his happiness in the new Chile will be short lived, and that that country will again soon be a symbol of social justice. Salvador Allende said that he had one primary cause: the children of Chile. These children must not reach adulthood under a regime dominated by men like...