Date of birth:

October 25th, 1913 (Bad Godesberg/Noordrijn-Westfalen, Germany)

Date of death:

September 23rd, 1991 (Lyon/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)

Service number:

SS.Nr. 272.284

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

SS-Hauptsturmführer & notorious Gestapo head of Lyon. Directly responsible for the deaths of up to 4.342 people and deportation of 7.591 more. His department in Lyon arrested 14.311 people during the war. Barbie was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, and died in prison of leukemia four years later, at the age of 77.

Waffen-SS career:
26 September 1935: SD Hauptamt
Oktober 1936: SD Oberabschnitt
20 April 1939: Oberscharfuhrer
October 1939: SD Abschnitt
20 april 1940: Untersturmfuhrer
November 1940: Obersturmfuhrer
November 1942: Transfered to Lyon
9 November 1944: Hauptsturmfuhrer

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• Photo 1: Archives du département du Rhône et de la métropole de Lyon (Public Domain)
• - Klaus Barbie and the United States Government A Report to the Attorney General of the United States
  - Moorddadige Barbie kent geen spijt over misdaden - Digibron.nl
  - Klaus Barbie | Jewish Virtual Library
  - EKII file
  

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