Klaus Barbie - Wikipedia
WEBNikolaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the " Butcher of Lyon " for having personally tortured prisoners—primarily Jews and members of the French Resistance —as the head of the Gestapo in Lyon.
Trial of Nazi Criminal Klaus Barbie - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBNazi War Crimes Trials: Table of Contents | Auschwitz Trials | Nuremburg Trials. On May 11, 1987, after four years of legal wrangling, Klaus Barbie, the SS officer in charge of the Gestapo in Lyon, France from November, 1942 to August, 1944, would finally attend his long overdue meeting with justice. There was little doubt that Klaus Barbie, a ...
How an International Criminal Helped Bring Nazi Fugitive Klaus Barbie …
WEBApr 1, 2021 · KLAUS BARBIE was one of World War II’s most vicious Nazi criminals. An SS officer and head of the Gestapo in Lyon, France, beginning in 1942, Barbie was believed responsible for the torture and murder of at least 4,000 Jews and Resistance fighters. His cruelties earned him a reputation as the “Butcher of Lyon.”.
Klaus Barbie: The "Butcher Of Lyon" Nazi Who Worked For The CIA
WEBApr 2, 2019 · Gestapo officer Klaus Barbie, a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon," evaded justice at the Nuremberg Trials and was instead recruited by the CIA. It's estimated that Klaus Barbie was directly responsible for the deaths of some 14,000 people, including 44 Jewish children he deported from an orphanage.
“Butcher of Lyon,” former Nazi Gestapo chief, charged ... - HISTORY
WEBFeb 9, 2010 · May | 11. Klaus Barbie, the former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, goes on trial in Lyon more than four decades after the end of World War II. He was charged with 177 crimes...
WAR CRIMINAL KLAUS BARBIE DIES - The Washington Post
WEBBy Claudia Levy. September 26, 1991 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Klaus Barbie, 77, the former Gestapo official who evaded justice for four decades before being condemned to life in prison four years ago for...
France decorates couple who found Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie …
WEBOct 9, 2018 · Amongst those they discovered was the notorious war criminal Klaus Barbie. Who was Barbie? He was a former officer in the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, whose crimes in France led to...
BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1987: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie gets …
WEBThe former Gestapo chief in Lyon, Klaus Barbie, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. Nine jurors and three judges found Barbie - also known as the Butcher of...
From the archive, 28 May 1987: The trial of Klaus Barbie
WEBMay 28, 2015 · German SS officer and Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in army NCO uniform, 1944. Photograph: Gabriel Hackett/Getty Images. From the Guardian archive Holocaust. This article is more than 8 years...
Klaus Barbie | SS Officer, Gestapo, Lyon | Britannica
WEBKlaus Barbie (born Oct. 25, 1913, Bad Godesberg, Ger.—died Sept. 25, 1991, Lyon, France) was a Nazi leader, head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942 to 1944, who was held responsible for the death of some 4,000 persons and the deportation of some 7,500 others.
Skip to content