Newsweek
01 January, 1987
Klaus Barbie, known as the 'butcher of Lyon', received a life sentence for Nazi war crimes. After the initial three days Barbie (74) refused to be present at his own trial. The former Gestapo head was finally brought to justice four years after being expelled from Bolivia.
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