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.
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...
TORTURE RECOUNTED AT THE BARBIE TRIAL - The New York Times
WebMay 23, 1987 · The court trying Klaus Barbie, which often echoes with whispers, was still and silent today as Simone Lagrange recounted how, as a 13-year-old, she was beaten senseless by Mr. Barbie, who was...
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 ...
“Butcher of Lyon,” former Nazi Gestapo chief, charged ... - HISTORY
WebFeb 9, 2010 · As chief of Nazi Germany’s secret police in Lyon, Barbie sent 7,500 French Jews and French Resistance partisans to concentration camps, and executed some 4,000 others. Among other atrocities ...
BBC World Service - Witness History, The Arrest of Klaus Barbie
WebJan 18, 2013 · Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia. He had been in hiding in South America since 1949. Nazi hunters, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, helped track him...
FRENCH COURT FINDS BARBIE GUILTY AND ORDERS HIM TO …
WebJul 4, 1987 · THE BARBIE CASE: KEY DATES November 1942: Klaus Barbie becomes Gestapo head for Lyons and surrounding region. February 1943: 86 Jews are arrested at Lyons office of a French Jewish committee; at ...
TV: U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND THE KLAUS BARBIE CASE
WebJul 25, 1983 · When the French attempted to arrest him for war crimes, American agents thwarted them, and in 1951 they smuggled Mr. Barbie out of Europe. Last February, he was extradited from Bolivia to France ...
Bringing Nazi Leader Klaus Barbie To Justice - BBC
WebFeb 5, 2018 · Bringing Nazi Leader Klaus Barbie To Justice. Nazi-hunters Serge and Beate Klarsfeld recall their hunt for Klaus Barbie, known as 'the butcher of Lyon'. Show more. Download.
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. ... But the French wanted Barbie’s bloody and in 1949 and 1950, they formally requested that the U.S. arrest and extradite him back ...
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