What is Klaus Barbie's full name?
Nikolaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie nickname(s):
Butcher of Lyon, Klaus
Klaus Barbie date of birth:
October 25, 1913
How old was Klaus Barbie when died?
77
Where was Klaus Barbie born?
Bad Godesberg, Germany
When did Klaus Barbie die?
September 25, 1991
Where did Klaus Barbie die?
Lyon, France
Klaus Barbie body shape:
Average
What color are Klaus Barbie's eyes?
Blue
What color is Klaus Barbie's hair?
Grey
Is Klaus Barbie gay or straight?
Straight
What is Klaus Barbie's ethnicity?
White
What is Klaus Barbie nationality?
Bolivian
What is Klaus Barbie's occupation?
Military man
Klaus Barbie claim to fame:
He was known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured French prisoners of the Gestapo while stationed in Lyon, France.
Short Biography
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 and died in prison of cancer.