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By Charles Montaldo, About.com Guide to Crime / Punishment since 2004

Klaus Barbie, The Butcher of Lyon

Wednesday May 18, 2005
A Nazi war criminal known as the 'Butcher of Lyon' who was personally responsible for the torture and death of thousands of Jews, Klaus Barbie managed to evade execution for his war crimes by fleeing Europe to Bolivia with the assistance of U.S. intelligence agents.
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