Klaus Barbie

Former Nazi War Criminal and Butcher of Lyon

Klaus Barbie was a German war criminal and Gestapo agent who was responsible for the torture and murder of hundreds of people during World War II. He was known as the 'Butcher of Lyon' for his brutal treatment of French civilians and resistance fighters. After the war, Barbie fled to South America, where he lived under an assumed identity until he was exposed by Nazi hunters. He was eventually arrested and extradited...