Hôtel Terminus
A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war. This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as th…
Hôtel Terminus
A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war. This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Virtually all aspects of his life are covered. His childhood and schooling in Germany; his early military career; his role in the head of intelligence in Lyons; his post-war employment by the US military; his life in Bolivia; his return to Europe; his trial and conviction. Interviewed are friends, enemies, associates, heroes and traitors. —garykmcd Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon," was directly responsible for the deaths of thousands during World War II. But unlike many Nazi war criminals, Barbie was able to escape from Europe to South America after the war with the help of American counter-intelligence forces; until his arrest in the early 1980s, he served as an anti-Communist counterinsurgency leader for various governments. This award-winning documentary traces Barbie's life from childhood through his 1987 trial. —Jwelch5742
Hôtel Terminus
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A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war. This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Virtually all aspects of his life are covered.
His childhood and schooling in Germany; his early military career; his role in the head of intelligence in Lyons; his post-war employment by the US military; his life in Bolivia; his return to Europe; his trial and conviction. Interviewed are friends, enemies, associates, heroes and traitors. —garykmcd Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon," was directly responsible for the deaths of thousands during World War II.
But unlike many Nazi war criminals, Barbie was able to escape from Europe to South America after the war with the help of American counter-intelligence forces; until his arrest in the early 1980s, he served as an anti-Communist counterinsurgency leader for various governments. This award-winning documentary traces Barbie's life from childhood through his 1987 trial. —Jwelch5742.