The trial of Klaus Barbie. Lyon, 1987. Exhibition file
Delivered to the French justice system on February 5, 1983, Klaus Barbie, the former head of the Gestapo of Lyon, is being tried by the Cour d'assises du Rhône, at Lyon, from May 11 to July 4, 1987. This is the first trial for crime against humanity in France. For the first time also, under a law intended by Robert Badinter, then Keeper of the Seals, an assize trial is filmed.
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On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of this resounding event, the exhibition retraces the course of the trial of Klaus Barbie (37 days of hearing, 107 witnesses, 42 lawyers). The centerpiece of the prosecution, the telegram sent by Klaus Barbie after the roundup of the 44 children of Izieu and kept at the Shoah Memorial, will be presented.
This exhibition brings together many unpublished documents, including those used by Serge and Beate Klarsfeld to track down Klaus Barbie, the investigations of the secret services, the interrogations of the accused, the notes of the president of the assize court. Large excerpts from the audiences and television news reports of the time report on the shock wave provoked in France and abroad and highlight the awakening of Jewish and resistant memory after the trial.
Free entry – encrypted and entresol level
guided tours
Free guided tour of the exhibition for individuals on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Guided tours are offered on request to groups. By reservation on 01 53 01 16 06 or by email at reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org.
To follow the exhibition on social networks: #ExpoProcesKlausBarbie
By order issued on October 2, 2016 at the request of the Shoah Memorial, the president of the Paris high court authorized the reproduction and dissemination, as part of the creation of a permanent consultation interface within the documentation center of the Shoah Memorial, extracts from the audiovisual archives recorded during this trial held before the Cour d'assises du Rhône from May 11 to July 4, 1987.
Banner photo: © Le Progrès photo archive
Curator of the exhibition
Dominique Missika, historian, editor, producer.
Karen Taieb, head of the archives department at the Shoah Memorial.
Research and documentation
Karen Taieb, head of the Archives department and Sophie Nagiscarde, head of the Cultural Activities department at the Shoah Memorial.
Museography
Patrick Absalon.
