Pierre Joffroy
Maurice Weil (1929 in Hayange, France – 4 October 2008), better known by the pen name Pierre Joffroy, was a French author, dramaturge and journalist who wrote for Paris Match, Libération and L'Express. He died in Paris.
In France Joffroy published numerous novels, stage plays and articles.
For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book A Spy for God, which deals with Kurt Gerstein's story and the decades of the author's research.
Within the framework of an interview with Deutschlandfunk (DLF) the French author declared, that he considered Kurt Gerstein to be "one of the most important persons of World War II".
Works
- Un séjour à Alcatraz (novel, 1965)
- Les Prétendants (novella, 1966)
- 1416 ou Punition (stage play, 1971)
- Parfait Amour (novel, 1986)
- A Spy for God (2002)
References
- Pierre Joffroy, Le retour des bourreaux in : Paris Match, Nr. 831, Paris, 13 March 1965, S. 3–5, 7, 9. (deals with the process of Munich, 1965)
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