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.
Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyon - Holocaust Encyclopedia
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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
“Butcher of Lyon,” former Nazi Gestapo chief, charged ... - HISTORY
WEBFeb 9, 2010 · 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 against...
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! - The German Occupation of …
WEBThe Butcher of Lyon. Klaus Barbie age 16. Nikolaus Klaus Barbie was born on the 25 October 1913 in Bad Godesberg a small town next to the Rhine, south of Bonn Germany. His father also called Nikolaus who was an office worker then a primary school teacher at the Noder school, where the younger Barbie was also a pupil.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1987: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie gets life
WEB3 July. The 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...
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.
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