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Nazi War Criminal Barbie Escapes to Bolivia with Army Aid
A Klaus Barbie escape route is detailed in a Justice Department report. German-born Barbie traveled as Klaus Altmann under forged papers on the Italian ship Corrientes from Genoa to Buenos Aires in March 1951, aided by Croatian priest Krunoslav Dragonovic and a U.S. Army network that used displaced persons routes to move him to Bolivia with visas and Red Cross paperwork. The operation, described as conducted at the edge of legality, began in Augsburg and proceeded via Salzburg and Genoa, concluding with arrival in South America on April 10, 1951.
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Washington
Klaus Altmann
Corrientes
Genoa
Barbie
Lyon
France
Germany
U.S. Army
Dragonovic
Europe
U.S
Austria
Rome
Justice Department
Allan L. Ryan Jr
Army
Ryan
Augsburg
Salzburg
Altmann
Bragonovic
Bolivia
International Red Cross
Kronstadt
South America