Dr. Marcel Petiot photographs
Extent and Medium
folder
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor
These photographs were sent to the Museum by an anonymous donor in 2012 and were added to the collection as abandoned property.
Scope and Content
Consists of 46 enlarged copyprints related to Dr. Marcel Petiot, a French doctor and serial killer who operated in Paris, France, during World War II. Includes mugshots of Petiot and his collaborators, photographs of his victims, photographs of evidence (including human remains) found after his arrest in Paris, and phtoographs of his trial. Dr. Petiot attracted many of his victims by promising them a way to escape from the occupying forces to safety outside of France.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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