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In 1945, Klaus Barbie vanished amid the ruins of Europe. Responsible for torture, deportations, and the massacre at the Izieu children's colony, the "Butcher of Lyon" was meant to face justice. Yet he was never captured. With protection from the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps, falsified Red Cross documents, and assistance from Vatican prelates, he crossed the RatLines toward South America.
For four decades he operated under the name Klaus Altmann: businessman, advisor to dictatorships, and liaison for Operation Condor. He founded Transmarítima Boliviana, channeled weapons to military regimes, and trained interrogators in counterinsurgency techniques. His network connected the West German BND, the CIA, Bolivian drug cartels, and Southern Cone dictatorships. Only the relentless pursuit by Beate and Serge Klarsfeld succeeded in unmasking him.
In 1987, after being deported to France, he was tried for crimes against humanity. He died in 1991 in the same Montluc prison where he had tortured his victims. His story reveals the dark continuity between Nazism, the Cold War, and state terror in Latin America.
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