The Trial of Klaus Barbie: Obtaining More Information

Obtaining More Information About the Barbie Trial

FBI Document on Klaus Barbie
Here is a product of the Freedom of Information Act! A 76-page official document explaining the US Counterintelligence Corps' (CIC) relationship with Barbie after the war. It also discredits any rumors the US had anything to do with Barbie after 1951.
CIA and the Nazis
An article about the CIA's transactions with Nazis during the Cold War. However, I doubt the veracity of some of the author's claims.
Che et Barbie
A bibliography of Che Guevara that discusses Barbie's role in the Latin American guerilla wars of the 1960s and 70s. (French)
Brief biography of Barbie.
It's brief! This page has biographies of many other SS officers.
Shocktoons! Klaus Barbie Doll
Well, this doesn't have much historical value but it does provide a solid minute or so of entertainment. Requires Shockwave plug-in.

Memorial Museum of the Children of Izieu
Site provides detailed information about Barbie's infamous raid on the children's home in Izieu.
French Children of the Holocaust
Site based on Serge Klarsfeld's book, French Children of the Holocaust.
Klaus Barbie: women testify about torture at his hands
An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Francois Genoud article
The Philadelphia Inquirer published this article on Swiss Nazi Francois Genoud awhile ago. Genoud financed Klaus Barbie's defense team.
Works of Roger Garaudy
This document is a fine example of "revisionist" history. Basically its author, Garaudy, denies that the Holocaust was as bad as we think it is and harangues the poor reader about Zionist conspiracies. FYI: Garaudy's claims cannot survive the most basic historical scrutiny (e.g. they contradict German records of the Holocaust, which, by the way, are just as accurate as other German records) However, extremists like Jacques Verges (Gaurady's lawyer, and Barbie's lawyer in 1987) often cite Garaudy's claims to make their usual arguments.
An Assesment of Garaudy/Abbe Pierre Affair
A revisionist defends those who deny the Holocaust. The author of this tract, Robert Faurisson, really has his head up his ass, but he does provide a good example of a French academic who criticized Barbie's guilty verdict.

Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie An Oscar-winning documentary by Marcel Ophuls in which Ophuls runs around Bolivia, France, Germany, and the USA interviewing and sometimes harassing Barbie's friends and associates. Many public libraries have copies and you can always buy it at amazon.com.
PBS aired a special on Barbie in the late-80s or early-90s. It's supposed to be pretty good, but I've never seen it.
The Pity and the Sorrow A huge French documentary on the Holocaust and well worth seeing even though Barbie is only mentioned tangentally.
Shoah Another French documentary about the Holocaust. Fills is a great deal of background information about Barbie's victims.
Au Revoir Les Enfants A French comedy/drama based on a true story. The film is set in a Catholic boarding school in German-occupied France during World War Two and shows what life was like for ordinary French boys at that time. If you want to see the human side of the war, the occupation, the collaboration, and the Holocaust, this film is good place to start.
Lucie Aubrac A French film about Lucie Aubrac, a young woman who was part of the French Resistance in Lyon. Klaus Barbie is one of the villains in the film.