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 | 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: The Butcher of Lyon - Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBWhile seeking out a career, the 22-year-old Barbie joined the SS in 1935. He began working with the Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, or SD), which served as the Nazi regime’s intelligence network. In his initial post he trained as an interrogator, a role to which he would return later in his career to terrifying effect. World War II.
WAR CRIMINAL KLAUS BARBIE DIES - The Washington Post
WEBSep 26, 1991 · Klaus Barbie, who was raised in a town outside Bonn, served earlier in his career as an SS officer in The Hague and Amsterdam, where Dutch investigators believe he helped deport 300 Jews to...
From the archive, 28 May 1987: The trial of Klaus Barbie
WEBFrom the archive, 28 May 1987: The trial of Klaus Barbie | Holocaust | The Guardian. German SS officer and Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in army NCO uniform, 1944. Photograph: Gabriel...
Targeting the Most Vulnerable: Klaus Barbie and the Izieu …
WEBIn the remote locale of Izieu, France, Barbie, never known for moral scruples or mercy, crossed a final threshold of criminality. Before this mission, Barbie had already achieved fame within the ranks of the Gestapo. After his dreams of becoming a priest fell apart, Himmler’s SS accepted him into its ranks in 1935 when he was just 22.
“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...
Klaus Barbie: The "Butcher Of Lyon" Nazi Who Worked For The CIA
WEBApr 2, 2019 · Known as the “Butcher of Lyon” for his reign of terror in Nazi-occupied Lyon, France, Barbie not only sent Jews to concentration camps but also brutally tortured French Jews and Resistance fighters. Yet despite this, Barbie managed to escape conviction at the Nuremberg Trials as World War II ended.
Klaus Barbie | Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 21, 2018 · Bad Godesberg, Germany. Died: September 25, 1991. Lyon, France. German military leader. Klaus Barbie, known as the "Butcher of Lyon," was a leader in the Nazi group called the SS, and was head of anti-Resistance operations in France during the German occupation of World War II (1935 – 45).
Klaus Barbie, 77, Lyons Gestapo Chief - The New York Times
WEBSep 26, 1991 · Trained for Security Service. Mr. Barbie pledged himself to Hitler's Third Reich. He joined the SS in 1935 and was trained for its security service, the shadowy S.D., whose members considered...
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