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Klaus Barbie

1913 - 1991

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Nikolaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primarily Jews and members of the French Resistance—as the head of the Gestapo in Lyon. After the war, United States intelligence services employed him for his anti-communist efforts and aided his escape to Bolivia, where he advised the dictatorial regime on how to repress opposition through torture. In 1983, the United States apologised to France for the U.S. Counterintelligence Corps helping him escape to Bolivia, aiding Barbie's escape from an outstanding arrest warrant.In 1972, it was discovered he was in Bolivia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Barbie has received more than 5,215,005 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Klaus Barbie is the 104th most popular military personnel (up from 106th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 281st in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Military Personnel.

Klaus Barbie was a high-ranking Nazi officer who was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jews and other people in France during World War II. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon and the Gestapo's "Butcher of Lyon."

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Klaus Barbie ranks 104 out of 1,468Before him are Hermann Hoth, Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Robert Peary, and Ubba. After him are Nestor Makhno, Gaius Julius Caesar, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Zhang Fei, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Alexander Selkirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Klaus Barbie ranks 14Before him are Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Jesse Owens, Burt Lancaster, and Claude Simon. After him are Paul Ricœur, Ramón Mercader, Gustáv Husák, Benjamin Britten, Sabiha Gökçen, and Makarios III. Among people deceased in 1991, Klaus Barbie ranks 12Before him are Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis, Edwin McMillan, Yves Montand, Klaus Kinski, and Jiang Qing. After him are Graham Greene, Carl David Anderson, Gustáv Husák, John Bardeen, Soichiro Honda, and Lazar Kaganovich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Barbie ranks 262 out of 6,142Before him are Justus von Liebig (1803), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Carl Schmitt (1888), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), and Heinrich von Kleist (1777). After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Pope Damasus II (1000), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Wim Wenders (1945), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), and Max Scheler (1874).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Klaus Barbie ranks 24Before him are Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Albert Kesselring (1885), John of Austria (1547), Hermann Hoth (1885), and Heinrich Müller (1900). After him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Ludwig Beck (1880), Michael Wittmann (1914), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), and Hermann Fegelein (1906).