Hotel Terminus - Leben und Zeit von Klaus Barbie

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One of the best documentaries on WWII occupation ever made

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Klaus Barbie

Claude Lanzmann

Marcel Ophüls

A documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.

Hôtel Terminus

everyone bears some responsibility

Marcel Ophuls&apos;s Academy Award-winning &quot;Hôtel Terminus&quot; is primarily a look at Nazi official Klaus Barbie, aka the Butcher of Lyon. But in focusing on Barbie&apos;s life - his plain childhood, his torturing of prisoners in France, his escape to South America, and his eventual capture - the movie addresses some points. One is the French authorities&apos; complicity in the Nazis&apos; deeds; much like how the police in Paris were responsible for the Vel d&apos;Hiv roundup, the police in Lyon helped turn over Jews and resistance members to Barbie. Another is how the US helped Barbie avoid justice; his anti-communist views made him a natural ally to the US-backed juntas in Bolivia.

The point is that, much like how the Nazis&apos; actions didn&apos;t come solely out of Hitler&apos;s evil little mind, Barbie&apos;s deeds and escape didn&apos;t happen in a vacuum. This was a carefully planned out scheme. All in all, it&apos;s a fine documentary, exactly the sort of thing that everyone should get required to see (especially since so many people have suddenly decided to defend Nazis).

Marcel Ophuls's Academy Award-winning "Hôtel Terminus" is primarily a look at Nazi official Klaus Barbie, aka the Butcher of Lyon. But in focusing on Barbie's life - his plain childhood, his torturing of prisoners in France, his escape to South America, and his eventual capture - the movie addresses some points. One is the French authorities' complicity in the Nazis' deeds; much like how the police in Paris were responsible for the Vel d'Hiv roundup, the police in Lyon helped turn over Jews and resistance members to Barbie. Another is how the US helped Barbie avoid justice; his anti-communist views made him a natural ally to the US-backed juntas in Bolivia.

The point is that, much like how the Nazis' actions didn't come solely out of Hitler's evil little mind, Barbie's deeds and escape didn't happen in a vacuum. This was a carefully planned out scheme. All in all, it's a fine documentary, exactly the sort of thing that everyone should get required to see (especially since so many people have suddenly decided to defend Nazis).

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