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The Arrest of Klaus Barbie

Thirty years ago, the former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, was arrested in Bolivia.

He had been in hiding in South America since 1949.

Nazi hunters, Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, helped track him down.

Photo: Klaus Barbie on his way to court in Lyon, France (AFP)

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