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.
Jacques Vergès - Wikipedia
WebThis includes Nazi officer Klaus Barbie "the Butcher of Lyon" in 1987, [1] terrorist Carlos the Jackal in 1994, and former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan in 2008. [2] He also defended infamous Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy in 1998 as well as members of the Baader-Meinhof gang.
Jacques Vergès, Defender of Terrorists And War Criminals, Is Dead …
WebAug 16, 2013 · Mr. Vergès’s most famous case was his defense of Klaus Barbie, the wartime Gestapo leader known as “the Butcher of Lyon” for his role in the torture, execution and deportation to death camps of...
Jacques Verges, lawyer for Klaus Barbie, Carlos the Jackal, dead …
WebAug 16, 2013 · Jacques Verges, the French lawyer and enfant terrible known for his defence of the world’s most despised criminals, including the infamous Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie and Venezuelan-born...
Barbie Is Convicted of War Crimes - Los Angeles Times
WebJul 5, 1987 · Klaus Barbie, the Nazi Gestapo chief known as the “Butcher of Lyon,” was convicted Friday of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison.
Klaus Barbie | SS Officer, Gestapo, Lyon | Britannica
WebKlaus Barbie 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. Barbie was a member of the Hitler Youth and in 1935 joined the Sicherheitsdienst (SD; “Security Service”), a special.
Klaus Barbie, 77, Lyons Gestapo Chief - The New York Times
WebSep 26, 1991 · Klaus Barbie died a prisoner yesterday in Lyons, the French city where he led a reign of terror as the local Gestapo chief during World War II.
WAR CRIMINAL KLAUS BARBIE DIES - The Washington Post
WebSep 26, 1991 · Klaus Barbie, 77, the former Gestapo official who evaded justice for four decades before being condemned to life in prison four years ago for crimes against humanity, has died of cancer in...
FRENCH COURT FINDS BARBIE GUILTY AND ORDERS HIM TO …
WebJul 4, 1987 · Klaus Barbie, the wartime Gestapo chief of this city, was convicted early today of crimes against humanity and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Mr. Barbie, who walked out of the trial on its...
From the archive, 28 May 1987: The trial of Klaus Barbie
WebMay 28, 2015 · Dr Leon Reifmann, aged 73, a medical student helping at the home, escaped arrest by jumping from a window and hiding. When he began giving evidence yesterday, he was asked to state his age. “The...
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