A look at the history of one-time Gestapo commander Klaus Barbie, infamously known as "The Butcher of Lyon." This documentary's main focus will be on Barbie's post-war activities, in which he became a counter-intelligence agent who worked for the same countries that pursued him during WWII.

Witnesses and historians retell the events leading up to the capture and or death of some of World War Twoandapos;s most heinous Nazi fugitives.