Articles and clippings relating to the war crimes trial of Klaus Barbie trial
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The majority of the materials were collected by David Rose during the Klaus Barbie trial in July 1987. They were a part of a larger collection donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Nov. 1991. The newspaper clippings and articles were transferred to the Museum Archives during the same month.
Scope and Content
Consists of articles and clippings (some copies and some originals) from French and English periodicals relating to Klaus Barbie and his trial in Lyon, France. Among the topics discusses are the allegations against Barbie, the testimony of Barbie's victims, the children of Izieu, France, and the lawyers and judges involved in the case. Also included are materials relating to the courtroom art created during the trial by David Rose.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
People
- Rose, David.
- Barbie, Klaus, 1913--Trials, litigation, etc.
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
Subjects
- War crimes--France.
- Lyon (France)
- Izieu (France)
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Jews--France.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jewish children.
- War criminals.
- War crime trials.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Genre
- Document