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Klaus Barbie (1913-1991) was an German Nazi, a member of the SS from 1936.

Short Biography:

During World War II he was involved in the deportation of Jews from the occupied Netherlands 1940-1942 and in tracking down Jews and Resistance workers in France 1942-1945.

He was arrested 1983 and convicted of crimes against humanity in France 1987.

His work as SS commander, based in Lyon, included the rounding-up of Jewish children from an orphanage at Izieu and the torture of the Resistan read more...

Tags: government, ss member, resistance, leader

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