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Born:
1913-10-25
Birthplace:
Bad Godesberg, Deutschland
Credits:
8 Total Roles
Klaus Barbie
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Biography
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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 Che Guevara in 1967. Barbie is suspected of having had a hand in the Bolivian coup d'état orchestrated by Luis García Meza Tejada in 1980. After the fall of the dictatorship, Barbie no longer had the protection of the Bolivian government, and in 1983 was extradited to France, where he was convicted of crimes against humanity. He died of cancer in prison on 23 September 1991.
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 Che Guevara in 1967. Barbie is suspected of having had a hand in the Bolivian coup d'état orchestrated by Luis García Meza Tejada in 1980. After the fall of the dictatorship, Barbie no longer had the protection of the Bolivian government, and in 1983 was extradited to France, where he was convicted of crimes against humanity. He died of cancer in prison on 23 September 1991.
Known For
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Self
Terror's Advocate
Self (archive footage)
My Enemy's Enemy
Himself
Nazis in the CIA
Self (archive footage)
Le Procès de Klaus Barbie
Self
The Nazi Cartel
Self
Klaus Barbie, sur les traces d'un criminel nazi
Klaus Barbie
Mein Name sei Altmann
Self
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Nazi Cartel TV | Self |
| 2025 | Le Procès de Klaus Barbie TV | Self |
| 2015 | Mein Name sei Altmann MOVIE | Self |
| 2013 | Nazis in the CIA MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Klaus Barbie, sur les traces d'un criminel nazi MOVIE | Klaus Barbie |
| 2007 | My Enemy's Enemy MOVIE | Himself |
| 2007 | Terror's Advocate MOVIE | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie MOVIE | Self |