Klaus Barbie

German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)

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Born: 1913
Died: 1991
Works: 2

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O depoimento, do SS Altmann-Barbie a Ewaldo Dantas Ferreira
Das Verhalten des Betons bei Einwirkung von Feuchtigkeit

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Acting · Bad Godesberg, Deutschland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 23 September 1991) was an SS-Hauptsturmführer (rank equivalent to army captain) and Gestapo member. He was known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured French prisoners of the Gestapo while stationed in Lyon, France. After the war, United States intelligence services employed him for their…

Known for

The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Self2025
The Nazi Cartel — Self2025
Mein Name sei Altmann — Self2015
Nazis in the CIA — Self (archive footage)2013
Klaus Barbie, sur les traces d'un criminel nazi — Klaus Barbie2012
My Enemy's Enemy — Himself2007

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Niklaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel and Sicherheitsdienst 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.

After the war, United States intelligence services employed him for his anti-communist efforts and aided his escape to Bolivia, where he advised the dictatorial regime on how to repress opposition through torture. In 1983, the United States apologised to France for the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps helping him escape to Bolivia to avoid an outstanding arrest warrant.