February 5, 1983 - Klaus Barbie - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

“Butcher of Lyon” Klaus Barbie is extradited to France for crimes against humanity. Klaus Barbie, born in Germany in 1913 and a member of the Hitler Youth, became known as the “Butcher of Lyon” for his brutality. He was responsible for the torture and murder of thousands of Jews and other prisoners in France during World War II. He headed up Gestapo Department IV in Lyon, France between 1942 and 1944, and after the war, was used by the United States for counter-intelligence work. He then made his way to Bolivia, where he became a citizen and lived for many years under the name Klaus Altmann. Between February 4 and 5, 1983, Barbie was expelled from Bolivia to France, where he was kept in detention in Lyon until his trial began on May 12, 1987. On July 4, 1987, he was found guilty of 17 crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. Barbie died of leukemia in the prison hospital in Lyon on September 25, 1991.

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