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  Department of the Army (USA), 120–1, 164

  Department of Justice (USA), 167, 170, 172, 176, 232

  Dermer, John, 129

  Desaguadero, 205

  Deutsche Nationale Kirche, 179

  ‘Didot’ (René Hardy), 65–73, 75–6, 131, 159–60, 161, 166–8, 172, 211

  Dijon, 28, 40, 106, 136

  Direction Générale des Etudes et Recherches (DGER), 158, 161

  Direction Générale de la Sureté Exterieure (DGSE), 222, 223

  Dobson, Jack, 178

  Dortan, 100–1

  Dortmund, 80

  Doussot, Lucien, 166

  Draganovic, Krunosla, 176, 179–81

  Drancy internment camp, 57, 94, 194

  DST, 158, 159, 160

  Dubail (‘Vallin’), 98

  Dubourdin, Georges, 33

  Dugoujon, Dr Frédéric, 70, 71–2, 73, 78, 201–2, 206

  ‘Dumoulin’, 65

  Dunkirk, 24, 33

  Düsseldorf, 23, 24, 109–10, 220, 227

  Dutch Nazi Party, 26

  Echeverria, General, 214

  Eckman, George, 144

  Ecole de Santé Militaire, Lyons, 39, 52, 53, 60–1, 63–4, 66, 67, 73–5, 76–9, 84, 99, 158, 159

  Eden, Sir Anthony, 36, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117

  Eichmann, Adolf, 57, 59, 94, 129, 146, 180, 187, 211, 223, 228

  Einsatzgrüppe, 228

  Einsatzgrüppe C, 39

  ‘Einsatzkommando’, 80

  Eisenhower, General, 120–1, 122

  Elbe, river, 132

  English Channel, 24, 33

  Erskine, Colonel David, 142, 145, 169, 172, 176, 235

  Ertl, Hans, 183

  Ertl, Monika, 192

  Essen, 110

  Estonia, 94

  Etkin, Captain Max, 148

  EUCOM, 168–9, 171, 176, 234, 235

  European Command Interrogation Center (ECIC), 141, 143–5

  Eure-et-Loire, 36

  Evosges, 87–9

  Farge, Yves, 105

  Favet, Julien, 93

  FBI, 120, 231

  Fédération de Sociétés Juives, 58

  Feldblaum Leo, 94

  La Ferme de la Montagne, 86

  ‘Fernande’ (Monique Herady), 45, 46–7

  Ferreira, Dantas, 208

  Ferrier, Inspector Aimé, 166

  ‘Fiancés of Death’, 216

  Fiebelkorn, Joachim, 213–14, 215–16

  ‘Final Solution’, 56, 59, 171, 194, 200

  First World War, 20, 51, 54

  Floreck, Ernst, 101, 217, 230

  Foot, M. R. D., 46

  Foote, Alexander, 27

  Foreign Office (Britain), 111, 112, 114, 116, 117–19, 233

  Fort Holabird, 132

  Fourth Reich, 196

  France: German occupation, 28, 29–30; formation of Resistance, 30–2, 33; Vichy regime, 30–1; Germans invade Vichy France, 39; demands for Barbie’s extradition, 156, 162–73, 206–10; investigation of atrocities in Lyons, 157–61; Barbie claims to have visited, 191; Barbie’s extradition from Bolivia, 15, 16–19, 219–25, 229; case against Barbie, 225–30; ‘crimes against humanity’ exempted from statute of limitations, 227–8

  ‘Francs-Tireurs’, 31–2, 38

  Frankfurt, 76, 123, 131, 133, 134, 135, 140–1, 154, 160, 165, 176, 193, 221

  Frazier, Captain Robert, 140

  Free French, 33, 37, 99, 159

  Freeport, 191

  Freikorps, 124

  Fremde Heere Ost, 136

  Frenay, Henri, 31, 37–8, 69, 159

  French army, 29, 39

  French Communist Party, 138–9, 145, 147

  French Intelligence, 147

  French navy, 33

  French Nazi Party (PPF), 53, 60

  French Sécurité Militaire (FSM), 187

  Fresnes prison, Paris, 47

  Friedman, Jacques, 219

  Fromm, Friedrich, 109

  Frossard, André, 61

  Fuchs, Gottlieb, 74

  Fusier, René, 206

  G2, 133, 141, 160

  Garçon, Maurice, 168–9

  Garvey, Dale, 125, 131, 134, 135, 139, 141–2

  Gaul, 30

  Gaullists, 157

  Gay, Jack, 178

  Gehlen, Reinhard, 136, 137, 156

  Geissmann, Raymond, 59–60, 202–3

  Geneva, 28

  Genoa, 176, 178–9, 180, 181, 184

  Genscher, Hans-Dietrich, 18

  Gerlier, Cardinal, 105

  Germany: under Nazis, 21–3; Barbie’s early life in, 20–1; occupation of Holland, 24–7; invasion of Russia, 27, 32, 39, 84; invasion of France, 29–30; and the Resistance movement, 32; invasion of Vichy France, 39; French compulsory labour, 55–6; military position deteriorates, 84; last days of the war, 108–11; war crimes, 111–23; embryonic resistance movement, 124; CIC’s post-war role in, 132–4; French investigation of Lyons atrocities, 157–61; Allies treatment of war criminals, 161–2; Germans in Bolivia, 181; investigation of Barbie, 185–7, 193–4, 196; Barbie visits, 191–2; Klarsfelds’ anti-Nazi campaign, 199–206; and Barbie’s extradition from Bolivia, 16, 17, 18, 217–24

  Gestapo, 24; invasion of Russia, 27; Barbie becomes head of in Lyons, 28; in Lyons, 39, 40, 41, 51–5; arrests SOE agents, 44–50; ruthlessness, 51; rounds up compulsory workers, 55–6; deportation of Jews, 56–60; Montluc prison, 60–1; use of torture, 60–1, 62–4; hunt for Resistance leaders, 61–4; capture of Moulin, 65–76; Aubrac’s escape, 78–80; and increased guerrilla activity in the Ain, 82–4; ‘search and destroy’ operation against Maquis, 85–91; and ‘Operation Frühling’, 92–8; Lyons headquarters bombed, 99; end of the occupation, 101–2, 103–6; destruction of records, 106, 158; war criminals, 113; trials in Lyons, 184; Klarsfelds’ campaign against, 200, 201

  Gex, 28, 92

  ‘Gilbert’ network, 69

  Girousse, Henri (‘Colonel Chabot’), 86, 89–90

  Glas, Alfons, 95–6, 217

  Gloede, Dr Heinz, 126

  Goering, Hermann, 56

  Goldberg, Joseph, 211

  Goldberg, Michel, 211–12

  Golden, Lieutenant Colonel Ellington, 142, 144

  Gonnot, Major André, 160, 161, 165

  Great Britain: Dunkirk, 24, 33; proposed German invasion of, 24; SOE agents, 32–6, 41–50; attitude to war criminals, 111–20, 161–2; Barbie captured by, 126–7

  Greece, 117

  ‘Green Berets’, 190

  GREENHEART, 33, 36, 41, 48–9

  Grenoble, 40, 48, 106

  Groupe Franc, 62–3, 103

  Gueiler, Lidia, 215

  Guesdon, Lucien, 87, 88

  ‘Gueule Tordue’ (François André), 53, 54, 62, 86

  Guevara, Che, 15, 189–90, 192

  Guiana, 222

  Guillet, Dr René, 230

  Hagen, Herbert, 201

  Hague, the, 24

  Hajdu, Camille, 141–2, 145–6

  Halaunbrenner, Alexandre, 207–8

  Halaunbrenner, Itta, 207–8

  Halberstadt, 108

  Hall, Virginia, 33, 44, 48

  Halle, 108

  Hamburg, 126–7, 128, 144, 190, 192, 195

  Hanover, 109, 126

  Hapag-Lloyd, 192

  Hardy, René (‘Didot’), 65–73, 75–6, 131, 159–60, 161, 166–8, 172, 211

  Harel, Isser, 211

  Harvey, Oliver, 112

  Hastings, battle of, 33

  Haute-Savoie, 61, 82, 91

  Hautes-Alpes, 40

  Hecht, Leo, 173, 176–8

  HECKLER, 33, 44

  Heidelberg, 167, 168, 172

  Heinrichson, Ernst, 201

  Henson, Ludwig, 101

  Herady, Monique (‘Fernande’), 45, 46–7

  Heslop, Richard (‘Xavier’), 34, 81–2, 84, 86, 89, 90–1, 99, 100, 103, 104, 230

  Heydrich, Reinhard, 22, 46, 56

  HICOG, 165, 166–73, 176, 234, 235

  Himmler, Heinrich,
22, 67, 80, 106, 108, 129, 199

  Hirschfeld (‘Walter’), 35–6, 129

  Hitler, Adolf, 13, 51, 109, 199; becomes Chancellor, 21, 113; invasion of France, 30; genocide, 116, 117, 120; storm troopers, 124; ‘Operation Bernhard’, 196; Barbie’s admiration for, 208, 211; 50th anniversary of rise to power, 220

  Hitler Youth, 21, 23, 109, 181

  Hochhauser, Herr, 188

  Hoffmann, Emil, 140, 144

  Hohenlimburg, 110

  Holland, 24–7, 206

  Hollert, Fritz, 39, 52, 103, 104

  Hollywood, 213

  Hotel Terminus, Lyons, 45, 46

  House of Lords, 116

  Houston, 191

  Hoyos, Ladislas de, 206

  Hudal, Bishop Alois, 179

  Hull, Cordell, 113

  Hurst, Sir Cecil, 118–19

  Indo-China, 209

  Inskeep, Colonel, 133

  International Red Cross Commission, 180

  International Refugee Office, 175

  Israel, 187, 191, 211

  Italy, 40, 84, 171, 196; Jews escape to, 58; massacres, 117; Rat Line, 175, 176, 179–81; terrorism, 214, 218–19

  Izernore, 102–3

  Izieu, 93–4, 166, 194, 202, 203, 208, 226, 228–9, 230, 235–6

  JAG, 120, 121, 137

  Jaquemet, Jean-Marie, 88, 89

  Jaquier, General, 187

  Javits, Jacob, 188–9

  Jerusalem, 223

  Jewish Council (Amsterdam), 26

  Jews: in French government, 16; Barbie’s persecution of, 23; in occupied Holland, 23–7; in Resistance, 32; Lyons community, 56, 57–60; in Izieu, 93–4; British attitudes to war crimes, 112; Germany’s plans for mass extermination, 115–17; Klarsfelds’ anti-Nazi campaign, 198–206; charges against Barbie, 226, 228

  Jiet, Jean, 87–8

  Joan of Arc, 33

  John, Herbert, 193, 196, 203, 204

  Johnson, Paul, 82, 86, 89, 90, 102–3

  Joulian, Jean, 48

  Joulian, Madame, 48, 49

  Jura mountains, 40, 61, 92, 103, 184

  Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 75–6, 153

  Kamaradenschaft, 124, 127, 139, 148, 154

  Kapauner, Ludwig, 183–4

  Kasel, 193

  Kassel, 111, 123, 128, 129, 186–7, 193

  Kassler, Lieutenant, 40

  Kemmler, Joseph, 95–6, 217

  Kiesinger, Kurt-Georg, 199–200

  Kiev, 39

  Kissinger, Henry, 132

  Klarsfeld family, 198, 199

  Klarsfeld, Beate, 154, 196–7, 231; background, 198–9; anti-Nazi campaign, 11, 13–14, 59, 198, 199–206, 207–8, 212, 235; and Barbie’s return to France, 225

  Klarsfeld, Serge, 228, 231; background, 198–9; anti-Nazi campaign, 11, 13–16, 18, 59, 199–206, 212, 229–30, 235–6; and Barbie’s return to France, 225

  Knab, Dr Werner, 228; in Lyons Gestapo, 39, 52, 64, 158; Ecole de Santé Militaire, 60; operation against Ain Resistance, 83, 85, 92, 98; last days of the occupation, 99, 104, 105–6

  Kohl, Helmut, 220

  Kohn (Jewish refugee), 25–6

  Koko (Amsterdam ice-cream parlour), 25–6

  Kolb, Eugene, 151–5, 163, 164, 171, 173

  Königsberg, 27

  Korea, 171

  Kos, 117

  KPD (West German Communist Party), 134, 138–9, 141, 155–6, 163

  Krieg, Evelyn, 191

  Kripo, 40–1

  Kroskof, Michel, 58

  Krupp, 110

  Kufstein, 192

  Laborde, Jean, 52

  Labourier, Madame, 48–50

  Labourier, Marcel, 49

  Labourier, Monsieur, 48–9

  La Chêne, Peter de, 44

  Lages, Willy, 24, 27

  ‘Laib’, 155

  Lambroschini, Joseph, 193

  Lammerding, General Heinz, 227

  Landsberg, 109

  Lange, Elizabeth, 168

  La Paz, 13–14, 17, 180, 181, 184, 186, 188, 192–3, 205, 208, 210–11, 215, 218, 220–3

  Larrivoire, 94

  Laval, Pierre, 30, 55, 56, 57

  Lavoie, Dick, 125–6, 146, 147, 149, 156

  League of Human Rights, 85

  Lebegue, M., 168, 169

  Lecussan, Joseph, 55, 85

  Ledezma, Gaston, 209

  Légion Française, 54

  Legrange, Madame, 58–9

  Legrange, Monsieur, 58–9

  Legrange, Simone, 58–9, 206

  Leguay, Jean, 228

  Lehrmann, Inspector Charles, 160

  Leipzig, 193

  Lesevere, Lisa, 62

  Lévy, Jean-Pierre, 31, 38

  ‘Liberation’ (Resistance group), 31–2, 38

  Lightner, Allan, 172, 235

  Lima, 193, 195–6, 221, 222, 223

  Limoges, 34

  Linz, 176

  Lisbon, 37, 139

  Lischka, Kurt, 201

  Lloyds, 223

  London, 30, 31, 37–8, 39

  Loos, Erika, 124, 125, 126

  Los Yungas, 183

  Louis XIV, King of France, 20, 52

  Low Countries, 24

  Ludolph, Manfred, 194, 202–3, 206, 217

  Ludwigsburg, 185–6

  Lufthansa, 221, 222, 223

  Luftwaffe, 91

  Lyon, Paul, 175, 176, 179–80

  Lyons, 13, 16, 18, 127, 207; and the Resistance, 28, 30–2, 33–6; Barbie Gestapo chief in, 28, 51–5; German invasion, 29–30; German occupation, 39–41, 99; SOE agents arrested in, 44–50; compulsory workers rounded up, 55–6; Jewish community, 56, 57–60; arrest of Moulin, 69–75; increased guerrilla activity, 81–4; Americans bomb, 99; railways sabotaged, 100; end of the occupation, 102, 103–6; investigation of atrocities in, 157–61; Barbie sentenced to death in, 184; Klarsfelds’ campaign, 201–3; Barbie returns to, 225–30

  McCloy, John, 119, 120, 166, 167, 171, 172–3

  McGraw, James, 168, 170–1

  Madiglier, André, 88–9

  Maidanek extermination camp, 220

  Makins, Roger, 112–13

  Malmédy massacre, 120, 137, 171

  Mandereau, Jean Louis, 205–6

  Mannheim, 187–8

  Maquis, 49, 62; origins of, 56; liberation of Oyonnax, 81; increased activity in the Ain, 82–3; ‘search and destroy’ operations against, 85–91; battle on the Plateau des Glières, 91; ‘Operation Frühing’ against, 92–8; sabotage, 99; ambushes, 99–100; battles with Wehrmacht, 100–1, 102–4; and the end of the occupation, 104; see also Resistance

  Marburg, 123–4, 125, 127–8, 129

  MARKSMAN, 82

  Marktoberdorf, 140

  Marseilles, 37, 39, 40, 65

  Mathausen concentration camp, 26, 27, 48, 55

  Mauroy, Pierre, 225

  ‘Max’, see Moulin, Jean

  Mazel, Professor, 158

  Mazuir, Henri, 102

  Memmingen, 131, 135, 136, 139–40, 144, 146, 165

  Mengele, Josef, 17, 196, 208

  Merk, Joseph (‘Kurt’), 136–41, 143, 145–9, 151, 154

  Merlen, Charles, 136

  Mers-el-Kébir, 33

  Merzig, 20

  Metz, 76

  Meza, General Garcia, 215, 216

  Miami, 190–1

  Middle East, 112, 229

  Milano, Jim, 175–6, 178, 179–80

  milice, 54–5, 60, 83, 85, 90, 92, 93, 99, 101, 102, 207

  Ministry of Defence (France), 158, 204

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France), 166, 170

  Ministry of the Interior (Bolivia), 211, 214

  Ministry of the Interior (Peru), 205

  Ministry of Justice (France), 158

  Ministry of Prisons (France), 159

  Ministry of Propaganda (Germany), 108, 124

  Mitterrand, François, 15, 16–17, 18

  MNR party (Bolivia), 184

  Molinges, 97–8

  Le Mollard, 86

  Montluc prison, Lyons, 39, 44–9, 5
8–60, 73, 77–8, 101, 103–6, 157, 159, 184, 225

  Moog, Robert (‘Pierre’), 53–4, 65–6, 87

  Morel, Tom, 91

  Morez, 97

  Moritz, August, 41, 53

  Moscow Declaration, 117, 161

  Mossad, 187

  Moulin, Jean (‘Max’), 156, 159; and the Resistance, 36–8; capture and torture, 65, 67–76, 80, 201; death, 76; and Hardy’s trial, 160; tomb, 16, 191

  Moulin à Vent, 52

  les Moussières, 96, 97

  Mouvement National Anti-Terrorist (MNAT), 53, 54

  La Muette, 65

  Müller, Hans, 154

  Müller, Heinrich, 196

  Müller, Rolf, 39–40

  Multon, Jean (‘Lunel’), 65–6, 67, 68

  Munich, 64, 124, 128, 129, 131, 134, 135, 141, 161, 165, 201–2, 217

  Munich University, 203

  Murot, Antoinette (‘Mimiche’), 52

  Nantua, 83, 85, 92, 102, 230

  Naples, 176

  Napoleon, Emperor, 16, 225

  National Assembly (France), 227

  Navarro, Colonel, 205

  Nazi Women’s Association, 24

  Nazis, 13; Barbie joins, 21; homosexuality in, 23; treatment of Jews in Holland, 25–7; war crimes, 113; search for war criminals, 128; CIC’s role with, 132; Catholic church’s involvement with, 179; in Bolivia, 181, 187; in South America, 196; Klarsfelds’ campaign against, 199–206, 207–8, 212; Nuremberg Charter, 226–7; investigation into America’s relationship with, 231–2

  NBC, 188, 231

  Neagoy, George, 174, 176–8, 180

  Nebe (police chief), 23

  Neuilly, 75

  New Orleans, 191

  New York, 213

  New York Times, 16

  NEWSAGENT, 33, 44, 48

  Newton, Alfred, 34–6, 41, 45–50, 188

  Newton, Henry, 34–6, 41, 45–50

  Nice, 74, 198

  Nivollet-Montgriffon, 89

  Nocher, Jean, 60

  Noguères, Henri, 66, 68

  Normandy landings, 68, 99, 100, 101

  North Africa, 28, 39, 84, 159

  Nuremberg Charter, 226–7

  Nuremberg trials, 120, 166, 171, 226–7, 231

  Oberursel, 141, 143–4

  Odessa network, 196

  Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (OACSI), 188

  OMGUS, 165

  Ondra, Hedwig, 52, 64, 84

  ‘Operation Attila’, 39

  ‘Operation Bernhard’, 196

  ‘Operation Dragoon’, 103–4

  ‘Operation Flowerbox’, 129

  ‘Operation Frühling’, 92–8

  ‘Operation Sealion’, 24

  ‘Operation Selection Board’, 128, 129, 131, 134, 140

  ‘Operation Sunrise’, 134

  ‘Operationa Technica’, 136

  Oradour, 227

  Orange, 225

  ORTF, 199

  Osburg, 24

  Oullins, 226

  Oyonnax, 81, 83–4, 92, 102

 

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