Nicknamed "The Butcher of Lyon," Barbie was directly responsible for the death of 26,000 Jews. As a result of his crimes, Hitler himself awarded Barbie the First Class Iron Cross with Swords. During the intermediate postward period (1945-1955) Barbie was protected and employed by American Intelligence agents (the US Counter-Intellengence Corps- CIC) who used his counter-insurgency skills to suppress leftist resistance movements aimed against the American occupation of Bolivia. With US protection Barbie escaped to Bolivia under a the alias of Klaus Altmann and traveled on visas provided to him by the American Red Cross (as did Adolf Elchmann.) In his absence Barbie was convicted and given the death penalty. In 1957 Barbie obtained Bolivian citizenship, but in 1983 he was identified by Klarsfelds (a Nazi hunter) and deported to Europe for punishment.

Klaus Barbie

Waffen-Hauptsturmführer ZANIS BUTKUS (*29.07.1906 in Augstkalne/Latvia; +15.05.1999 in Palmer, Alaska/USA). Knight Cross on 21.09.1944. Awarded the Close combat clasp in Gold! At the end of the war Butkus survived 59 confirmed close combat days and was wounded seven times.

Zanis Butkus, Latvian volunteer

A top Nazi criminal, an aide to Adolf Eichman. Born in 1912 in Austria's Burgenland, he may or may not be still alive, but now he is on a "wanted" list issued by the Austrian authorities. A notice posted on the Austrian Justice Ministry’s website has photo/description of Brunner and offers rewards for information leading to his capture. Brunner is described as having mutilated hands and only one eye, after reportedly being disfigured by letter bombs. Alois Brunner did not end his criminal career when the Third Reich fell. He was able to escape capture with the help of a ratline organized by Bishop Alois Hudal. Brunner had been sentenced to death in absentia in the 1950s, but France repealed the death penalty in 1981. In 1987 an Interpol notice was issued for him. Interviewed by the Austrian magazine Bunte in the 1990s, Brunner declared that his sole regret was not having murdered more Jews. In a 1987 telephone interview to the Chicago Sun Times he stated: "The Jews deserved to die. I have no regrets. If I had the chance I would do it again..." He was last seen alive by reliable witnesses in 1992. On March 2, 2001, he was found guilty in absentia by a French court for crimes against humanity, including the arrest and deportation of 345 orphans from the Paris region (which had not been judged in the earlier trials) and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was largely symbolic - an effort to honor the memories of victims such as Celestine Ajzykowicz, 11, Jean Bender, four, and Alain Blumberg, a two-week-old baby kicked to death by an SS guard.