Maurice Marcel Weil (2 December 1922 – 4 October 2008), better known by the pen name Pierre Joffroy, was a French author,

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and journalist who wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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Biography

Maurice Marcel Weil was born in

Hayange Hayange (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Héngen''/''Haiéngen'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Outlying villages include Marspich and Saint-Nicolas-en-Forêt, Konacker and Ranguevaux. History Archa ...

, France on 2 December 1922. As a writer, he adopted the pen name Pierre Joffrey. In France, he released numerous novels, stage plays and articles. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of

Kurt Gerstein Kurt Gerstein (11 August 1905 – 25 July 1945) was a German SS officer and head of technical disinfection services of the ''Hygiene-Institut der Waffen-SS'' (Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS). In 1942, after witnessing mass murders in the ...

before he finally released the book ''A Spy for God'', which deals with

's story and the decades of the author's research. Within the framework of an interview with

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(DLF) the French author declared, that he considered Kurt Gerstein to be "one of the most important persons of World War II". Joffroy later lived in Paris. He died there on 4 October 2008, at the age of 85.

Bibliography

*''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

Publications

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)

References

External links

Kurt GertsteinThe Binocular-Glasses of La JetéeOfficial website
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