Doctor Satan: the French physician who lured Jews to their deaths in occupied Paris
French physician Marcel Petiot, nicknamed Doctor Satan, promised Jews refuge in Nazi-occupied Paris during the Second World War and instead killed them. His name is widely known in France but much less so elsewhere.
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During the Second World War, a French physician named Marcel Petiot was active in Nazi-occupied Paris. History remembers him by the nickname Doctor Satan, and he is regarded as a serial killer. He promised Jews who were being persecuted by the Nazis refuge and freedom, but lured them into the mouth of his own oven. The story appears in a history feature on the Latvian news site TVNET.
Petiot is notorious in France, yet few people outside the country have heard of him. The author stresses that his crimes stand out even when compared with other serial killers in the history of crime who may seem more cruel on the surface.
The source points to a trait he shares with many other serial killers. Besides bloodlust and cruelty, it cites a childhood and youth described as if possessed by demons.
