Klaus Barbie - Wikipedia
WebOn 11 October 1940, Barbie arrested Hermannus van Tongeren , Grand Master of the Grand Orient of the Netherlands. In March 1941, van Tongeren was transported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp where, in freezing conditions, he died two weeks later. On 1 April, Barbie summoned Van Tongeren's daughter, Charlotte, to …
Klaus Barbie: The Butcher of Lyon - Holocaust Encyclopedia
WebUnder a new government, Barbie was arrested in 1983 and returned to France. Trial in France. Back in Lyon, Barbie was charged with war crimes for the deportation of the children of Izieu, August 1944 deportations to Auschwitz and Ravensbrück, and the deportation of the Lyon Union Générale des Israélites de France. Controversially, Barbie ...
“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...
TORTURE RECOUNTED AT THE BARBIE TRIAL - The New York Times
WebMay 23, 1987 · Mrs. Lesevre, who is not Jewish, told the court that she was arrested on March 13, 1943, while she was carrying a letter addressed to Didier, the false name of a young liaison officer in the...
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...
From the archive, 28 May 1987: The trial of Klaus Barbie
WebMay 28, 2015 · Barbie was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. He died in prison four years later.
How an International Criminal Helped Bring Nazi Fugitive Klaus Barbie ...
WebApr 1, 2021 · Three months later, on January 19, 1983, Barbie was arrested on a tax evasion charge and secretly held in La Paz. Near midnight on February 3, he was placed aboard a Bolivian C-130 military plane and flown 1,800 miles to Cayenne, French Guyana—the nearest French territory.
Six Witnesses Identify Barbie, Who Was Ordered Back to Court
WebKlaus Barbie was returned to court here under protest Tuesday to be formally identified by six witnesses who recalled in horrifying detail their arrest, torture and deportation more than 40...
BARBIE IS CONVICTED, GETS LIFE IN PRISON – Chicago Tribune
WebAug 9, 2021 · News. BARBIE IS CONVICTED, GETS LIFE IN PRISON. By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: July 5, 1987 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 3:41 a.m. Klaus Barbie faces life in prison after being...
France decorates couple who found Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie …
WebOct 9, 2018 · Klaus Barbie on trial in 1987. After the war he fled to Latin America and was living in Bolivia when the Klarsfelds revealed his whereabouts in 1971. After being extradited to France in 1983....
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