Klaus Barbie
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Klaus Barbie was a notorious Nazi SS officer known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for his role in war crimes and the torture and deportation of French Resistance members and Jews during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Klaus Barbie canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4688371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klaus Barbie Context triple: [Klaus, notableBearer, Klaus Barbie]
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A.
Amon Göth
Amon Göth was an Austrian Nazi SS officer and war criminal notorious for his brutal command of the Płaszów concentration camp during the Holocaust.
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B.
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who played a central administrative role in organizing the logistics of the Holocaust.
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C.
Richard Baer
Richard Baer was a high-ranking SS officer who served as a commandant of Nazi concentration camps during World War II and was later prosecuted for war crimes.
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D.
Odilo Burkart
Odilo Burkart was a German industrialist who stood as a defendant at the post–World War II Flick Trial for his role in the Nazi-era Flick conglomerate’s economic activities.
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E.
Hans Landa
Hans Landa is the cunning and multilingual SS colonel nicknamed the "Jew Hunter" in Quentin Tarantino's film *Inglourious Basterds*.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Klaus Barbie Target entity description: Klaus Barbie was a notorious Nazi SS officer known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for his role in war crimes and the torture and deportation of French Resistance members and Jews during World War II.
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A.
Amon Göth
Amon Göth was an Austrian Nazi SS officer and war criminal notorious for his brutal command of the Płaszów concentration camp during the Holocaust.
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B.
Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who played a central administrative role in organizing the logistics of the Holocaust.
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C.
Richard Baer
Richard Baer was a high-ranking SS officer who served as a commandant of Nazi concentration camps during World War II and was later prosecuted for war crimes.
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D.
Odilo Burkart
Odilo Burkart was a German industrialist who stood as a defendant at the post–World War II Flick Trial for his role in the Nazi-era Flick conglomerate’s economic activities.
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E.
Hans Landa
Hans Landa is the cunning and multilingual SS colonel nicknamed the "Jew Hunter" in Quentin Tarantino's film *Inglourious Basterds*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi official
ⓘ
SS officer ⓘ human ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Klaus Barbie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nikolaus Karl Barbie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfConviction | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 1987-07-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-09-25 ⓘ |
| detainedAt | Montluc Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Gestapo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extraditedFrom | Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extraditedTo | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extraditionYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| father | Nikolaus Barbie Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fledTo | Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Nikolaus Barbie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadChild |
Klaus-Georg Altmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ute Messner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Gestapo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form:
Schutzstaffel
|
| militaryRank | SS-Hauptsturmführer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Anna Hees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Butcher of Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deportation of Jews from France
ⓘ
torture of French Resistance members ⓘ war crimes in Lyon during World War II ⓘ |
| operatedIn | occupied France ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Holocaust in France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penalty | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| perpetrated |
deportation of children from Izieu
ⓘ
raids against French Resistance ⓘ torture of Jean Moulin ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bad Godesberg, Bonn, German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lyon, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of Gestapo in Lyon ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
arrest and torture of Jean Moulin
ⓘ
deportation of Jewish children from Izieu to Auschwitz ⓘ |
| servedIn | SS Security Service (SD) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Regina Margaretta Willms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlias | Klaus Altmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Klaus Barbie Description of subject: Klaus Barbie was a notorious Nazi SS officer known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for his role in war crimes and the torture and deportation of French Resistance members and Jews during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.