Klaus Barbie
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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 anti-Marxist efforts, and also helped him escape to South America. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (the West German intelligence agency) recruited him, and he may have helped the CIA capture Argentine revolutionary…
Also known as
Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie · Klaus Altmann · le Boucher de Lyon · The Butcher of Lyon · O Carniceiro de Lyon
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
2025 · TV
Klaus Barbie, sur les traces d'un criminel nazi
2012 · Movie
The Nazi Cartel
2025 · TV
My Enemy's Enemy
2007 · Movie
Terror's Advocate
2007 · Movie
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · Movie
Nazis in the CIA
2013 · Movie
Mein Name sei Altmann
2015 · Movie