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 Klaus Barbie posing with the other OKW officers. For other uses of OKW see OKW (disambiguation. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( OKW) ( English: "High Command
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| Born | October 25, 1913 Bad Godesberg, Germany |
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| Died | September 25, 1991 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | German  |
| Other names | Butcher of Lyon |
| Occupation | Hauptsturmführer |
| Political party | NSDAP |
| Religious beliefs | Roman Catholic |
Klaus Barbie (October 25, 1913 – September 25, 1991) was an SS-Hauptsturmführer, soldier and Gestapo member. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945 The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Hauptsturmführer was a Nazi rank of the SS which was used between the years of 1934 and 1945 A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.
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Early life
Klaus Barbie was born in Bad Godesberg, near Bonn, Germany. Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Barbie was born to a Roman Catholic family. His parents were both teachers. Until 1923 he went to the school where his father taught. Afterward, he attended a boarding school in Trier. Trier (Trèves Luxembourgish: Tréier; Augusta Treverorum is a City in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. In 1925, his whole family moved to Trier. In 1933, Barbie’s father and brother both died. The death of his hard-drinking and abusive father derailed plans for young Barbie to study theology or otherwise become an academic, as his peers had expected. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective While unemployed, Barbie was drafted into the Nazi labor service (Reichsarbeitsdienst) membership was compulsory for all young German men and women. The Reichsarbeitsdienst (or RAD Reich Labour Service) was an institution set up in Nazi Germany as an instrument to combat unemployment similar to the
In September 1935, he joined the SD or Sicherheitsdienst (security service), a special branch of the SS. The Sicherheitsdienst (SD Security Service was primarily the Intelligence service of the SS and the NSDAP. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The SD was a branch of the SS and the intelligence gathering arm of the NSDAP(Nazi party). Soon he was sent to serve in the Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands In 1942, he was sent to Dijon and in November of the same year he was sent to Lyon, where he became the head of the local Gestapo. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France.
War crimes
He first set up camp at Hôtel Terminus. Hôtel Terminus The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie French: Hôtel Terminus Klaus Barbie sa vie et son temps) is a 1988 Documentary It was his time as head of the Gestapo of Lyon that earned him the name Butcher of Lyon. He personally tortured prisoners and is blamed for the deaths of 4,000 people. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally [1] He is best known primarily for one of his "cases", the arrest and torture of Jean Moulin, one of the highest-ranking members of the French Resistance. Jean Moulin ( June 20, 1899 – July 8, 1943) was a high-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French Resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German In April 1944, Barbie ordered the deportation to Auschwitz of a group of 44 Jewish children from an orphanage at Izieu. Deportation, not to be confused with Extradition, generally means the expulsion of someone from a place or Country. "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Izieu is a commune in the department of Ain in eastern France.
In 1947, Barbie became an agent for the 66th Detachment of the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC). The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. [2] In 1951, he fled to Juan Peron's Argentina with the help of a ratline organized by the Ustashi Roman Catholic priest Krunoslav Draganović. Juan Domingo Perón (October 8 1895 &ndash July 1 1974 was an Argentine Colonel and Politician, elected three times as President of Argentina For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Ratlines were systems of escape routes for Nazis and other Fascists fleeing Europe at the end of World War II. For the militiamen of the Military Frontier, see Uskoci The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement ( Croatian: Krunoslav Draganović (born 30 October 1903, Brčko Monarchy died June 1983 Sarajevo) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest known as one of Asked by Barbie why he was going out of his way to help him escape, Draganovic responded, "We have to maintain a sort of moral reserve on which we can draw in the future. "[3] He then emigrated to Bolivia, where he lived under the alias Klaus Altmann. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Testimony of Italian insurgent Stefano Delle Chiaie before the Italian Parliamentary Commission on Terrorism suggests that Barbie took part in the "Cocaine Coup" of Luis García Meza Tejada, when the regime forced its way to power in Bolivia in 1980. Stefano Delle Chiaie (born 13 September 1936 in Caserta) is a Neofascist Italian activist (founder of ''Avanguardia Nazionale'' and Luis García Meza Tejada (b August 8, 1932, La Paz, Bolivia) is a former Bolivian dictator [4]
While in Bolivia, Barbie managed a company that diverted Belgian and Swiss arms to Israel while Israel was still under a post-1967 war international arms embargo. "A report in the Israeli press alleges that Barbie also had frequent dealings with Israel concerning supplies of Israeli arms to Latin American countries and 'various underground organizations'" [5]
Trial
Barbie was identified in Bolivia as early as 1971 by the Klarsfelds (Nazi hunters), but it was only on January 19, 1983, that the newly-elected government of Hernán Siles Zuazo arrested and extradited him to France. Serge (born September 17, 1935, Bucharest Romania) and Beate (born February 13, 1939, Berlin Germany) Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Hernán Siles Zuazo ( March 21, 1914, Bolivia &ndash August 6, 1996, Uruguay) was a politician from Bolivia This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
In 1984, Barbie was put on trial for crimes committed while he was in charge of the Gestapo in Lyon between 1942 and 1944. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. At the trial Barbie received support not only from Nazi apologists like François Genoud, but also from leftist lawyer Jacques Vergès. François Genoud (1915 – May 30 1996 was a noted Swiss financier benefactor of the Nazi diaspora and supporter of Islamic militancy Jacques Vergès (born March 5, 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand) is a French Lawyer who has earned fame continually since He had a reputation for attacking the French political system, particularly in French colonial territories. Vergès' strategy at the trial was to use the trial to expose war crimes committed by France since 1945. Indeed, many of the charges against Barbie were dropped, thanks to legislation that had protected people accused of crimes under the Vichy regime and in French Algeria. Vichy France, or the Vichy regime are the common terms used to describe the government of France from July 1940 to August 1944
His trial started on May 11, 1987, in Lyon — a jury trial before the Rhône Cour d'assises. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. The Cour d'Assises (" Assize Court " in France is the court charged to judge people accused of Felonies ("crimes" as known In a rare move, the court allowed the trial to be filmed because of its historical value. The lead defense attorney was Jacques Vergès, who argued that Barbie's actions were no worse than the ordinary actions of colonialists worldwide, and that his trial was selective prosecution. Jacques Vergès (born March 5, 1925 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand) is a French Lawyer who has earned fame continually since The head prosecutor was Pierre Truche. During his trial, Klaus famously stated that: "When I stand before the throne of God I shall be judged innocent", indicating that he truly believed his actions were justified.
On July 4, 1987, Barbie was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, and died in prison of leukemia four years later, at the age of 77. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Life imprisonment or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime often for most In Public international law, a crime against humanity is an act of Persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people and is the highest level of A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Leukemia or leukaemia (Greek leukos λευκός, "white" aima αίμα, "blood" is a Cancer of the Blood
References
- ^ BBC article on Barbie
- ^ Robert Wolfe (2001-09-19). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Analysis of the Investigative Records Repository (IRR) File of Klaus Barbie. Interagency Working Group.
- ^ Mark Falcoff, Peron's Nazi Ties, Time, November 9, 1998, vol 152, n°19
- ^ Hearing of Stefano Delle Chiaie on July 22, 1997 before the Italian Parliamentary Commission on Terrorism headed by Senator Giovanni Pellegrino
- ^ Magnus Linklater, Isabel Hilton, Neal Ascherson (1984). Mark Falcoff is an American scholar and policy consultant who has worked with a number of important Think tanks For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of Stefano Delle Chiaie (born 13 September 1936 in Caserta) is a Neofascist Italian activist (founder of ''Avanguardia Nazionale'' and Giovanni Pellegrino (born June 4, 1939) is an Italian politician currently the president of the Province of Lecce in Apulia. Magnus Linklater (born 21 February 1942 is a Scottish journalist and former newspaper editor Isabel Hilton (born 1949 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster based in London. Charles Neal Ascherson (born October 5, 1932) is a Scottish Journalist. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Fourth Reich: Klaus Barbie and the Neo-Fascist Connection. Hodder and Stoughton. Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house now an Imprint of Hodder Headline. , quoted in Chomsky, Noam 'Turning the Tide: US Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace' South End Press 1985 page 36
Further reading
- ISBN 3-88395-431-4 > Barbie (SS, Lyon), p. 453 Fn, O&W ed. 110 case No. 77, Fn 908 KsD Lyon IV-B (gez. Ostubaf. Barbie) an BdS, Paris IV-B, 6. April 1944, RF-1235
- ISBN 10-18620-75522 > GONI, Uki: "The Real Odessa: How Peron Brought the Nazi War Criminals to Argentina". Granta Books; Reprint edition(September 2003). There is a chapter in this book also, it follows the path of how top Nazis made their way to Argentina and Latin America.
- Tom Bower (1984). Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyons. New York: Pantheon.
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