Frontline

Season 1, Episode 25

Episode Title: Klaus Barbie: the American Connection

Air Date: 1983-07-18

Overview:

Klaus Barbie, a hated Nazi war criminal, was returned to France in 1983 to face justice. But some Frenchmen were worried that he would reveal embarrassing evidence about French collaboration, and some Americans feared that he would talk about his postwar work for U.S. intelligence agencies.