Finns Folkets tempel fortfarande?
De drömde om himmelriket på jorden. Men de kom att möta helvetet i Guyana. I dag, den 18 november, är det 35 år sedan över 900 människor i sekten Folkets tempel begick kollektivt självmord eller dödades.
Var finns Folkets tempel?
Folkets tempel (engelska: Peoples Temple) var en nyreligiös rörelse, grundad 1955 av Jim Jones, som vid mitten av 1970-talet hade ett dussintal verksamheter i Kalifornien inklusive högkvarteret i San Francisco och över 2 000 medlemmar.
Vad trodde Jim Jones på?
Trots framgångarna i Indianapolis blev Jim Jones allt mer övertygad om att USA var på väg att utvecklas till en fascistisk diktatur, och att svarta och oliktänkande snart skulle spärras in i koncentrationsläger och avrättas. Därför ville han flytta sin kyrka till ett annat säkrare land.
Finns Folkets tempel kvar?
Was there ever a photo of Jonestown in 1979?
A photo of Jonestown in 1979, a year after the tragedy. The photo was taken by McGehee and his wife, Rebecca Moore, who visited Jonestown in 1979. Both McGehee and Moore had relatives who were followers of the Peoples Temple and passed away in the 1978 tragedy.
What happened to Jonestown after the tragedy?
One year after the death of more than 900 people at Jonestown. The village has been abandoned since the deadly events that took place in November 1978, according to McGehee. Empty huts, which were living quarters for members of the Peoples Temple, were still there a year after the deaths. A photo of Jonestown in 1979, a year after the tragedy.
Where is Jonestown?
Jonestown was a commune in Guyana, South America, created by Jim Jones, a preacher and leader of the Peoples Temple cult. The approximate location of Jonestown in Guyana.
What happened at Jonestown in Guyana?
Jonestown. On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the “Jonestown Massacre,” more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones (1931-78). The mass suicide-murder took place at the so-called Jonestown settlement in the South American nation of Guyana.