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One witness at the trial was Michel Thomas, a Polish polyglot Jew, who had narrowly escaped arrest by Barbie in Lyon during WWII. An account may be found in his biography, Test of Courage. [53] Personal life [ edit ]

Barbie emigrated to Bolivia in 1951, [23] where he lived well for 30 years in Cochabamba, under the alias Klaus Altmann. It was easier and less embarrassing for him to find employment there than in Europe; he enjoyed excellent relations with high-ranking Bolivian officials, including Bolivian dictators Hugo Banzer and Luis García Meza. "Altmann" was known for his German nationalist and anti-communist stances. [24] While engaged in arms-trade operations in Bolivia, he was appointed to the rank of lieutenant colonel within the Bolivian Armed Forces. [25]

World War II

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, [2] aiding Barbie's escape from an outstanding arrest warrant. [3] This story is more of the detective, whose character could make an huge impact but failed due to...again the writer tbh *pffttt*

By the time the French government requested extradition of Barbie from American officials in 1949, it was public knowledge that Barbie was living freely in the American zone under a false identity. As the French demands for extradition escalated, the CIC decided it was too risky to continue using Barbie as an informant. However, the CIC was not willing to hand Barbie to the French, fearing that Barbie knew too much about CIC intelligence operations. In 1951, the CIC helped Barbie escape to South America with his family via the American “Rat Line” that smuggled escaped Nazis and other Axis fugitives out of postwar Europe. Life and Recognition in South America Between 1942 and 1943, nine heads, four thighs and numerous other pieces were recovered from the river.a b Robbins, Christopher. Test of Courage: The Michel Thomas Story (2000). New York Free Press/Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0263-3/Republished as Courage Beyond Words (2007). New York McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-149911-3 Nikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie: The Butcher of Lyon". US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Encyclopedia . Retrieved 28 April 2021. It is rumored that people all over France came to Paris to try his delectable delicacies. Even King Charles VI was reportedly a connoisseur of the butcher’s meat pies and pâtés. Vom Nazi-Verbrecher zum BND-Agenten". Der Spiegel (in German). 19 January 2011 . Retrieved 22 January 2011. The 1988 American documentary film Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, directed by the German-French director Marcel Ophuls, details Barbie's life between childhood and the trial near the end of his life. The film received the Academy Award for Best Documentary.