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Klaus Barbie 1913-91, Nazi war criminal known as the "Butcher of Lyons." As Gestapo chief in Lyons, France (1942-44), he was responsible for the deaths of French Resistance members and thousands of Jews. After the war he secretly served as a U.S. army agent in Germany. In 1951 he fled Europe for Bolivia with U.S. help. Identified by Nazi-hunters in the early 1970s, he was expelled from Bolivia in 1983 after a civilian government came to power. He was tried in France, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Author not available, BARBIE, KLAUS.... Read more

Barbie, Klaus
Klaus Barbie Born: October 25, 1913 Bad Godesberg...1991 Lyon, France German military leader Klaus Barbie, known as the "Butcher of Lyon," was a...returned to France for trial. Shadow of war Klaus Barbie was born October 25, 1913, in the town... Read more

Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie Klaus Barbie (1913-1991) was a Nazi SS leader...for trial as a war criminal. Klaus Barbie was born October 25, 1913, in...Red Cross under the name of "Klaus Altmann," the Army delivered Barbie to Genoa, Italy. Here he and... Read more

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	Barbie Tells Court He Is Klaus Altmann; Nazi, 73, Defiant as Trial Opens in Lyons ; ...gray but still defiant, Klaus Barbie refused to acknowledge...and say his name, and Barbie replied in a steady voice, "Altmann, Klaus." Altmann was the name...history of France." CAPTION:Klaus Barbie motions to chair as police... Read more
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	Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal known as `Butcher of Lyon,' at 77 ; LYON, France -- Klaus Barbie, the Nazi war criminal known...dedicated Nazi since youth, Mr. Barbie never rose higher in the Nazi...the French Resistance. Mr. Barbie also was charged with ordering...between 1942 and 1944, Mr. Barbie was convicted of war crimes...prison. After World War II, Mr. ... Read more
	Klaus Barbie, 77, imprisoned former top Gestapo officer ; LYONS, France Klaus Barbie, former Gestapo chief in this southeastern...hospital here Wednesday at the age of 77. Barbie died while serving a life sentence for...said last Thursday that the white-haired Barbie knew he was dying and was facing death... Read more
	The threat of Klaus Barbie. (Nazi war crime trials and international relations) (editorial) ; THE THREAT OF KLAUS BARBIE How does a nation look into its soul...French will take the Nazi S.S. officer Klaus Barbie from behind the glass screens of his...been repeatedly delayed, who hope that Barbie will die before he can face his accusers... Read more
	The Klaus Barbie Trial ; AS A GERMAN officer, Klaus Barbie ran the Gestapo in Lyons in occupied...horror could take place again. Klaus Barbie's trial is widely regarded as the...also look at their own role in it. Klaus Barbie has the United States to thank... Read more
	Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie. ; ...Hotel Terminus.The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie? Seeking an answer, you turn to The...in the picture, from a farmer in Barbie's native village to the attorneys...imagine. Few disagree about what Barbie did. Even the slippery Jacques Verges... Read more
	Nazi hunt goes on. (Klaus Barbie convicted; Justice Department caseloads up) ; Nazi hunt goes on Klaus Barbie--the Butcher of Lyons'--boasted that the French would be unable to hold their heads up high' after...murderer because he killed six people,' he says. That was 10 minutes' work in the Holocaust.' Photo: Klaus Barbie Read more

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