Paul Touvier - zxc.wiki

On May 24, 1989, French war criminal Paul Touvier was arrested in a monastery in Nice. From the article:

"On July 3, 1973, a lawsuit against Touvier was brought before the Lyon court for crimes against humanity by Georges Glaeser . Glaeser accused Touvier of ordering the murder of seven Jewish hostages in Rillieux-la-Pape near Lyon on June 29, 1944 in retaliation for the fatal attack on Philippe Henriot , the propaganda minister of the Vichy regime. After the indictment was opened, Touvier disappeared again. He found shelter in the Benedictine Abbey of Fontgombault , among other places . Years of legal battles from his attorneys bought him time before an arrest warrant was issued against him on November 27, 1981 . Only on May 24, 1989 was Touvier found in his hiding place, a priory of the Pius Brotherhood in Nice . After his arrest, it came to light that right-wing Catholic priests, especially in the Lyon region, had been helping him for years. Touvier had identification papers in the name of "Paul Perthet" at the address of the Archbishop of Lyon , had frequently changed hiding places up to the Pas-de-Calais department and was dependent on the funding of right-wing Catholic circles, the "Chevaliers de Notre-Dame “Called. This had not escaped the attention of gendarmerie officer Jean-Louis Recordon . He followed the trail of the money and obtained judicial permits to monitor the telephone , which ultimately led to the capture of Touvier after an adventurous 43-year escape."