Klaus barbie wikipedia english
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Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie was born in Bad Godesberg, nära Bonn, on October 25, 1913. 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. In 1925, his whole family moved to Trier. In 1933, Barbie’s father and brother both died. The death of his abusive, alcoholic father derailed plans for ung Barbie to study theology or otherwise become an academic, as his peers had expected. While unemployed, Barbie was drafted into the Nazi labor service (Reichsarbeitsdienst); membership was compulsory for all young German men and women.
In September 1935, he joined the SD or Sicherheitsdienst (security service), a special branch of the SS and the intelligence gathering ledd of the NSDAP (Nazi party). In 1940, he was sent to The Hague (Den Haag), where his main task was to fängelse Jews and German political refugees who fled to the Netherlands. In 1942, he wa
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Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 American documentary film
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (French: Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps) is a 1988 American documentary film by Marcel Ophuls about the life of Naziwar criminalKlaus Barbie. The film covers Barbie's relatively innocent childhood, his time with the Gestapo in Lyon (where he apparently excelled at torture), through to the forty years between the end of World War II and his eventual deportation from Bolivia to stand trial for crimes against humanity in France. The film explores a number of themes, including the nature of evil and the diffusion of responsibility in hierarchical situations.[2]
The film won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[3][4] as well as the FIPRESCI Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
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Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie | |
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Born | (1913-10-25)October 25, 1913 Bad Godesberg, Prussia, German Empire |
Died | September 25, 1991(1991-09-25) (aged 77) Lyon, France |
Cause of death | Leukemia |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Butcher of Lyon |
Occupation(s) | German SS-Gestapo Officer and mercenary |
Political party | NSDAP |
Criminal charges | Crimes against humanity |
Criminal penalty | Death in 1954 (while not present) Life Imprisonment (1987-1991) |
Criminal status | Dead |
Family | Barbie Family |
Nikolaus Barbie, better known as Klaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991), was an important German officer in Nazi Germany'sSS (paramilitary) and Gestapo (secret police).
Barbie was convicted of committing war crimes in Vichy France during World War II. His crimes earned him the nickname "the "Butcher of Lyon".
After the war, he spent four years working as a spy for the U.S. Army. He moved to Bolivia and spent over three decades