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A male given name, an alternative spelling of Claus
an alternative spelling of Claus

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Klaus Barbie
born Oct. 25, 1913, Bad Godesberg, Ger. died Sept. 25, 1991, Lyon, France Nazi leader. As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, France (1942-44), he pursued members of the French Resistance and promoted the torture and execution of thousands of prisoners. After World War II he was seized by U.S. authorities in Germany, who recruited him for counterintelligence work (1947-51) and then moved him and his family to Bolivia. He lived there as a businessman from 1951 until he was extradited to France in 1983 to stand trial. Throughout his trial "the Butcher of Lyon" remained unrepentant and proud of his service to the Nazis. Held responsible for the death of some 4,000 persons and the deportation of some 7,500 others, he was sentenced to life imprisonment
Klaus Fuchs
born Dec. 29, 1911, Rüsselsheim, Ger. died Jan. 28, 1988, E.Ger. German physicist and spy. He joined the German Communist Party in 1930 but fled Germany after the Nazi takeover in 1933. He settled in Britain, earned a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh, and became a British citizen in 1942. He worked on the atomic bomb in Britain and the U.S. In 1943 he began passing scientific secrets to the Soviet Union, which accelerated Soviet development of the atomic bomb by at least a year. His activities were detected in 1950, and he was imprisoned until 1959. After his release, he moved to East Germany, where he was appointed deputy director of the Central Institute for Nuclear Research
Emil Klaus Julius Fuchs
born Dec. 29, 1911, Rüsselsheim, Ger. died Jan. 28, 1988, E.Ger. German physicist and spy. He joined the German Communist Party in 1930 but fled Germany after the Nazi takeover in 1933. He settled in Britain, earned a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh, and became a British citizen in 1942. He worked on the atomic bomb in Britain and the U.S. In 1943 he began passing scientific secrets to the Soviet Union, which accelerated Soviet development of the atomic bomb by at least a year. His activities were detected in 1950, and he was imprisoned until 1959. After his release, he moved to East Germany, where he was appointed deputy director of the Central Institute for Nuclear Research
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