Klaus Barbie

Klaus Barbie (October 25, 1913 – September 25, 1991) was a Hauptsturmführer in the German SS and the Gestapo (secret police) during the Nazi regime. He used the alias Klaus Altmann while he was hiding in Bolivia from 1955.

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A documentary film on Barbie's life during and after World War II is available under the title '. The film was directed by Marcel Ophuls and amounts to four and a half hours of investigative journalism; it won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 1989.

Related Topics:
Documentary film - Marcel Ophuls - Investigative journalism - Academy Award for Documentary Feature

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