David King - Death in the City of Light - The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris

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PREFACE

1 A thick black smoke Brigade Criminelle Report, March 14, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° II; Le Matin , March 13, 1944.

2 unusually warm weather Robert Delannoy to Alain Decaux, C’était le xxe siècle: la guerre absolue 1940–1945 (Paris: Perrin, 1998), 257.

3 burnt caramel, burnt rubber Le Pays , March 5, 1946, and Albert Massui, Le Cas du Dr Petiot (Brussels: E.D.C., 1944), 10.

4 “Do something” Andrée Marçais, Audition , undated, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° II.

5 two-and-a-half-story Many books refer to the building as four or four and a half stories. This was not the case in 1944. The town house had an extensive renovation in 1952.

6 “Away for a month” Charles Deforeit, Report, March 11, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III.

7 The concierge … informed them Marie Pageot, Nouvelle Audition , APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III.

8 “Have you entered” Joseph Teyssier, Audition , undated, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° V; Report , March 15, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° V.

9 second-floor balcony Rapport des pompiers , March 11, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° I. All references to floors, unless otherwise noted, are by the American convention.

10 human hand Avilla Boudringhin, Audition , March 16, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III, and Charles Deforeit, Report, March 11, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III.

11 one of the younger men leaned Jacques Delarue and Anne Manson, “L’affaire Landru de la Libération: Docteur Petiot 21, Rue Lesueur ,” in Gilbert Guilleminault et al. (eds.), Les lendemains qui ne chantaient pas (Paris: Denoël, 1962), 15.

12 “Gentlemen, come and take a look” Avrilla Boudringhin, Audition , March 16, 1944, and Joseph Teyssier, Audition , same day, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III.

13 walked up to the fire chief Robert Boquin, Audition , March 17, 1944, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° III.

14 “Are you good” Joseph Teyssier, Audition , undated from 1945, and Joseph Teyssier, Audition , undated, APP, Série J, affaire Petiot, carton n° V.

15 “What kind of question” … “I must destroy” Ibid.

16 Sympathetic to the work Teyssier, or “Olive,” was a member of the police resistance group Honneur de la police.

17 Later, when Teyssier Paris-Soir , April 13, 1944.

18 “I still remember” Georges Massu, L’enquête Petiot: La plus grande affaire criminelle du siècle (Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1959), 7.

19 “stabbing in the vicinity of Montmartre” Massu, L’enquête Petiot , 9.

20 “somber and deserted” … “uneasy curiosity” Massu, L’enquête Petiot , 12.

21 The French actress Cécile Sorel interview, Le Matin , March 14, 1944. She did not discuss this fact in her book, Cécile Sorel: An Autobiography (New York: Staples Press, 1953).