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Was he a sadistic mass killer who lured innocent people to their deaths, or a hero of German-occupied Paris who liquidated members of the Gestapo and helped persecuted Jews escape from tormented France? This was the question as one of the twentieth century's most sensational murder cases came... read more

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On March 6, 1944, Thick, greasy, foul-smelling smoke began pouring from the chimney of an elegant private house at 21 rue Le Sueur in Paris

Table of Contents edit see section history

Part One
1. The bodies in the Rue Le Sueur
2. The First Identified Victims
3. The Investigation
4. The Escape Network
5. The Weight of the Evidence
6. Departures without End

Part Two
7. Marcel Petiot: The Dossier
8. Dr. Petoit and Mr. Mayor
9. The Doctor in Paris
10. The Arrest
11. Captain Henri Valeri
12. Petoit; Hero of the Resistance
13. " I wish to Explain Myself in Court"

Part Three
14. Petoit on Trial
15. Monsieur de Paris

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in True Crime: Murder For Profit. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Thomas Maeder (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Fine for teens or young adults.

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