Tracking Down Klaus Barbie
Learn the secret history of Klaus Barbie, the head of the Gestapo in Lyon during 1943-44, and exposes the scandalous protections provided to him by German and American secret services. Klaus Barbie orchestrated the deaths of over 7,500 Jews in gas chambers and was responsible for the torture and deportation of 14,000 French Resistance fighters, including Jean Moulin. His escape to Latin America, aided by Cold War alliances, is exposed. Recruited as a U.S. intelligence agent, Barbie engaged in arms trafficking and torture on behalf of Latin American dictators, collaborated with German intelligence, and organized coups financed by drug lords.
Learn the secret history of Klaus Barbie, the head of the Gestapo in Lyon during 1943-44, and exposes the scandalous protections provided to him by German and American secret services. Klaus Barbie orchestrated the deaths of over 7,500 Jews in gas chambers and was responsible for the torture and deportation of 14,000 French Resistance fighters, including Jean Moulin. His escape to Latin America, aided by Cold War alliances, is exposed. Recruited as a U.S. intelligence agent, Barbie engaged in arms trafficking and torture on behalf of Latin American dictators, collaborated with German intelligence, and organized coups financed by drug lords.
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