Mr Plesch believes its closure in 1948 reflects a change in policy by Germany’s American occupiers who in 1947, for example, recruited a former Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, as an agent.

Plesch认为1948年委员会的关闭反映了在德国的美国占领者的政策改变，例如，在1947年征募了前盖世太保首领，Klaus Barbie，作为其代理。

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The couple also tracked down the infamous Nazi Klaus Barbie, member of the Gestapo and known as the Butcher of Lyon.

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The book included allegations from Klaus Barbie himself, who asserted that the Aubracs were the double agents who had informed him of the meeting.

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In June 1943 Moulin and Aubrac were captured, along with other resistance leaders, by the Lyon Gestapo, led at the time by the infamous Klaus Barbie.

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