Nazi war criminal and head of Gestapo in Lyon, France during the war. Escaped to South America in 1945 with the help of American OSS (fore-runner of CIA) who created several fake identities for him in order to evade capture. Repatriated to France in 1983 to stand trial.
He colluded with the OSS to finger other Nazis such as Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann
More aliases than Klaus Barbie
Nazi war criminal and head of Gestapo in Lyon, France during the war. Escaped to South America in 1945 with the help of American OSS (fore-runner of CIA) who created several fake identities for him in order to evade capture. Repatriated to France in 1983 to stand trial.
He colluded with the OSS to finger other Nazis such as Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann