Barbie Is Tried for Nazi War Crimes
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History, Crime, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Human Rights, Violence, Holocaust, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History, French History
- Geographical Location: France
- Date: February, 1983
Article abstract: Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo in Lyon, France, during World War II, was extradited to France, where he was tried and convicted of crimes against humanity.
Summary of Event
Early in World War II, German armies overran northern France, forcing the government of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain to sign an armistice pact with the Nazi regime. Under this armistice, northern and western France remained under German military occupation, while Petain’s government, relocated from Paris to Vichy, would observe military neutrality in the war...
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