Pierre Joffroy
Encyclopedia
Pierre Joffroy is a French author, dramaturge
and journalist who writes for Paris Match
, Libération
and L'Express
. He died in 2008.
In France Joffroy released 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".
Dramaturge
A dramaturge or dramaturg is a professional position within a theatre or opera company that deals mainly with research and development of plays or operas...
and journalist who writes for Paris Match
Paris Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
, Libération
Libération
Libération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
and L'Express
L'Express (France)
L'Express is a French weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine TIME.-History:...
. He died in 2008.
In France Joffroy released numerous novels, stage plays and articles.
For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein
Kurt Gerstein
Kurt Gerstein was a German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS. He witnessed mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka...
before he finally released the book A Spy for God, which deals with Kurt Gerstein
Kurt Gerstein
Kurt Gerstein was a German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS. He witnessed mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka...
's story and the decades of the author's research.
Within the framework of an interview with Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk is a German public broadcasting radio station, broadcasting national news and current affairs.-History:Broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany is reserved under the Basic Law to the states. This means that all public broadcasting is regionalised...
(DLF) the French author declared, that he considered Kurt Gerstein to be "one of the most important persons of World War II".