Klaus Barbie - Wikipedia
WEBKlaus Barbie. Nikolaus 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.
Nikolaus “Klaus” Barbie: The Butcher of Lyon | Holocaust ...
WEBNikolaus "Klaus" Barbie was the chief of the Gestapo in Lyon, France, a vital center of the French Resistance, during World War II. He was responsible for the execution or murder of over 4,000 individuals and for the deportation of 7,500 Jews, the majority of …
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. Barbie was a member of the Hitler Youth and in 1935 joined the Sicherheitsdienst (SD ...
Targeting the Most Vulnerable: Klaus Barbie and the Izieu ...
WEBAs we near the anniversary of D-Day, the atrocities carried out by Gestapo official Nikolaus “Klaus” Barbie (1913-1991) in France prior to the Allied liberation of the country is the subject of this piece. Barbie, later named the “Butcher of Lyon,” tortured, murdered, and deported thousands of resistance fighters and Jews during his time in France.
"Butcher of Lyon,” former Nazi Gestapo chief ... - HISTORY
WEBFeb 9, 2010 · 1987. “Butcher of Lyon,” former Nazi Gestapo chief, charged with war crimes. Klaus Barbie, the former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, goes on trial in Lyon more than four...
Klaus Barbie: The "Butcher Of Lyon" Nazi Who Worked For The CIA
WEBIn 1942, 29-year-old Klaus Barbie received orders to become the newly-appointed head of the ruthless Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, in Lyon, France. There, Klaus was expected to eradicate the French Resistance. Klaus had a personal history with France, with his family having hailed from Merzig in the Saar region of Germany near the French border.
Trial of Nazi Criminal Klaus Barbie - Jewish Virtual Library
WEB(May 1987) Nazi 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.
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