von Choltitz appears to be an interesting guy, at the least something of an enigma - the French could have ended up with much worse.
Humorous tidbit of von Choltitz’ surrender. He was not going to surrender to the FFI; he insisted on surrendering to regular troops. So he sat in his HQ waiting for it to happen.
The surrender took place when an excited young French lieutenant burst into his office, and in a bit of confusion blurted out “Do you speak German?”
Choltiz replied: “Probably better than you.”