Klaus Barbie quotes

Klaus Barbie was a German SS officer, infamously known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for his brutal actions during World War II. As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, he was responsible for the torture and deportation of many resistance members and civilians. He was eventually captured, tried for crimes against humanity, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Here are 8 of his quotes:

If there were mistakes, there were mistakes. But a man has to have a line of work, no?

Klaus Barbie

When I stand before the throne of God, I shall be judged innocent.

Klaus Barbie

I admire you, but in the end everybody talks.

Klaus Barbie

Perhaps you think that any fool could become a member of the SS. Do you really know what an SS soldier is? He is a superman. He is a professional chosen personally by Hitler. A soldier whose antecedents are analyzed for four generations back before he is given the honor of being allowed to join this elite organization.

Klaus Barbie

Don't worry. Your friends are dead and you are going to join them.

Klaus Barbie

After 19 days of interrogation, they put me in a cell. They would carry by the bodies of tortured people. With the point of a boot, Barbie would turn their heads to look at their faces, and if he saw someone he believed to be a Jew, he would crush it with his heel.

Klaus Barbie

There is only one certainty in life... A strong man stands above and conquers all!

Klaus Barbie