tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post4159111463138740877..comments2024-03-18T05:19:21.931-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Picasso in Occupied Paris by David Kingjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-75982192517279534402012-05-23T11:53:52.336-04:002012-05-23T11:53:52.336-04:00From “Death in the City of Light: The Serial Kille...From “Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris” by David King; Crown Publishers, 2011. The story of Dr. Marcel Petiot, a prolific and profit-making serial killer. Behind the ominous cloud of smoke that poured from his chimney in the heart of Paris’s chic 16th arrondissement was a terrifying tragedy; a predator brutally exploiting opportunities for gain, slaughtering society’s most vulnerable and desperate people, the majority of them being Jews fleeing persecution. Luring them with false promises of escape, Dr. Petiot had become the self-appointed executioner for Hitler, gassing, butchering, and burning his victims in his own private death camp.johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com