Why My Father Died: A Daughter Confronts Her Family's Past at the Trial of Klaus Barbie

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In 1972, the Nazi hunters Serge Klarsfeld and Beatte Kunzel discovered Barbie’s whereabouts in Bolivia, but Banzer Suarez refused to extradite him to France. In the early 1980s, a liberal Bolivian regime came to power and agreed to extradite Barbie in exchange for French aid. On January 19, 1983, Barbie was arrested, and on February 7 he arrived in France. The statute of limitations had expired on his in-absentia convictions from the 1950s; he would have to be tried again. The U.S. government formally apologized to France for its conduct in the Barbie case later that year. Los Premios Quirino reconocen lo mejor de la animación iberoamericana con una gala virtual". RTVE (in Spanish). 24 June 2020 . Retrieved 5 August 2023. Klaus Barbie, 77, the former Gestapo official who evaded justice for four decades before being condemned to life in prison four years ago for crimes against humanity, has died of cancer in a prison hospital in Lyon, French officials announced yesterday. The announcement did not give the date of his death. No Body Left Behind: When Klaus hears his deceased wife's voice calling to him, he sets down his axe and tells her he's ready moments before his body fades away into snow that then blows away. Jesper and the other townsfolk never find out what became of him, and he continues to deliver toys as a spirit years later and Jesper knows it's him.

Ahead of the trial, I interviewed Simone Lagrange, who was tortured by Barbie at the age of 13. “I have six million dead behind me,” she said simply. Sam McMurray as The Postmaster General (uncredited), Jesper's father and the headmaster of The Royal Post Academy who sends Jesper to Smeerensburg. You're a postman in Smeerensburg, which is on an island cut off from the world, frigid cold, angry, violent neighbors, and this is home now. Are we starting to connect the dots?" I Can Explain: Jesper tries this when he gets revealed as having ulterior motives for the letter sending. Trumbore, Dave (7 October 2019). " 'Klaus' Trailer Reveals Netflix's First Animated Movie & Santa Claus Origin Story". Collider. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020 . Retrieved 7 October 2019.If you listen carefully, during Jesper and Klaus's first ride using reindeer to pull the wagon, you can hear the latter almost slip into his traditional "ho ho ho" laugh. Jesper greatly resembles Dr. Delbert Doppler from Treasure Planet, no doubt due to Sergio Pablos designing both characters. When Mrs. Krum and Mr. Ellingboe gather the remaining feud-happy clansmen to take down the toymaking operation, they arm themselves with the traditional mix of farming tools and burning torches. The Origins of Klaus". YouTube. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 . Retrieved 12 October 2019.

Word of this event spreads to other children and they go to Jesper the next day, each believing they will receive a toy if they send Klaus a letter. Jesper capitalizes on the idea and asks Klaus if he can donate his toys; Klaus agrees provided they operate at night and Jesper continues to deliver the toys in secret. The Krum boy's toy leads him to play with an Ellingboe girl, much to their clans’ outrage. Family elders Tammy Krum and Aksel Ellingboe soon find out it was Jesper and Klaus who delivered him the toy. Soon, more children begin writing letters to Klaus. When Jesper tells them Klaus only gives toys to good children and knows whenever any child misbehaves, the acts of kindness they perform gradually inspire the rest of the townsfolk to end their ancient dispute, and bitter teacher-turned-fishmonger Alva reopens her school to help children learn to read and write so they can send letters. Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: Once Mrs. Krum and Mr. Ellingboe out Jesper and his selfish intentions before his friends, Alva is furious and sees his kindness as one big lie. And Klaus? He coldly cuts ties with Jesper and literally slams the door in his face. This forces Jesper to realize what he had just lost, and prompts him to later make up for it.Mogens at one point pokes his head through the window of Jesper's office to verbally torment him, as the latter failed to deliver a single letter since he came. Flowing through the open window, a gust of wind blows the folded-over corner of Jesper's shabby map of Smeerensburg. Using a broom, he flattens the corner, revealing an isolated structure on the far corner of the island, which Mogens explains to be the home of the woodsman (Klaus) and dares Jasper to visit him. Jasper brings the Krum kid's drawing he took with him, which Klaus discovers while driving him out, prompting him to gift the kid with the frog toy. Had Mogens not opened the window, the movie would be a lot shorter. Jinko Gotoh, Sergio Pablos, Marisa Román, Matthew Teevan, Mercedes Gamero, Mikel Lejarza Ortiz and Gustavo Ferrada Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Klaus's late wife Lydia remains as a mystical presence around their home as the magical wind that sometimes guides Klaus to where he needs to go. Klaus himself is implied to have gone the same way at the end and, in the process, become the magical figure of Santa Claus to continue the tradition of Christmas Eve gift deliveries he and Jesper started.

Foil: The Krums and the Ellingboes are two people garbed in blue and red who hate each other. Klaus (who eventually wears red) and Jesper (who wears a blue uniform) are good friends.Out of the two main characters, Jesper is a skinny postman, whereas Klaus is a large, burly toymaker.

Barbie emigrated to Bolivia in 1951, [23] where he lived well for 30 years in Cochabamba, under the alias Klaus Altmann. It was easier and less embarrassing for him to find employment there than in Europe; he enjoyed excellent relations with high-ranking Bolivian officials, including Bolivian dictators Hugo Banzer and Luis García Meza. "Altmann" was known for his German nationalist and anti-communist stances. [24] While engaged in arms-trade operations in Bolivia, he was appointed to the rank of lieutenant colonel within the Bolivian Armed Forces. [25] Philippe Valat: Following the Barbie trial, I began to write with more restraint, limiting, for example, my use of superlatives. Exceptional stories speak for themselves. While Jesper's wagon (later modified into a sleigh) isn't tiny, it can barely hold the massive Klaus. Wham Shot: Whilst trying to plan for Klaus' Christmas stunt, Jesper stumbles upon the decorative shelf that Klaus and his wife intended to represent their would-be family. The whole thing speaks for itself. How did Barbie and the Gestapo ever discover them? An informer. Someone passed information to him about these children.Unstoppable Mailman: The Royal Postal Academy is a pseudo-military boot camp, and since every home in Smeerensburg is an armed fortress, Jesper has to go to absurd lengths to deliver Klaus's presents, including dropping down their chimneys, avoiding booby traps, and slipping past guard dogs. End of an Age: The Krum-Ellingboe feud being replaced with the tradition of Klaus delivering presents is essentially this for Mrs. Krum, Mr. Ellingboe and their remaining followers.