War criminal Klaus Barbie facing charges

Title

War criminal Klaus Barbie facing charges

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jul 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:08

Description

Report on the case of the former chief of Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie, who is being held in France on war crimes charges. Includes interview with Evelyn Le Chene, widow of one of Barbie’s victims, Pierre Le Chene. Female reporter not identified. Includes translation of Barbie’s own words (read by an unidentified actor). Audio cuts out mid sentence.

Contributors

Evelyn Le Chene

Keywords

France; Jews; Nazis; War crimes; Trials; Second World War (1939-1945); Concentration camps; Torture; Klaus Barbie; Lyon; Bolivia; War crime trials; Pierre Le Chene

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