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How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, fifty years on from Chile’s US-backed coup

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Tags: chile, usa, politics, geopolitics, coups, psychology, violence, 1970s, author.brad evans, source.the conversation, long read
https://theconversation.com/how-disappearance-became-a-global-weapon-of-psychological-control-50-years-on-from-chiles-us-backed-coup-213014

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Brad Evans
Published
Sep 10 2023
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3242 words

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    Doesn't this tactic actually date to Nazi Germany's Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog) doctrine? Put by Field Marshall Keitel in secret directives as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacht_und_Nebel

    Doesn't this tactic actually date to Nazi Germany's Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog) doctrine? Put by Field Marshall Keitel in secret directives as:

    Efficient and enduring intimidation can only be achieved either by capital punishment or by measures by which the relatives of the criminals do not know the fate of the criminal. [Any prisoners not executed within eight days were to be handed over to the Gestapo and] transported to Germany secretly, and further treatment of the offenders will take place here; these measures will have a deterrent effect because - A. The prisoners will vanish without a trace. B. No information may be given as to their whereabouts or their fate.

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