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Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie - Part 2

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Second part of a four-hour documentary film about the fugitive Nazi criminal Klaus Barbi who served as head of the Gestapo in Lyons, France. Barbi, who was known as "The Butcher of Lyons", is responsible for the deaths of people in the French underground and thousands of Jews. The film describes his life from childhood in Germany until his trial in 1983, after he succeeded for 40 years to evade judgment. Winner of the Oscar Award in the category best documentary film in 1988.