How fond was General Dietrich von Choltitz of Paris?

In a book called Paris brule t'il (the title is based on the question Hitler asks von Cholitz), it is said that von Cholitz knew perfectly well what would happen if he tried to destroy Paris. The Allied troupes were already surroundering the city, the FFI were fighting with the German troupes inside Paris, there was no way to escape, and there were a million Parisians ready to tear any German to pieces given the opportunity. Given that, only a madman would have tried to destroy Paris, murdering a few hundred thousands inhabitants on the way, and then surrendered to troupes which included French soldiers. They few Geman survivors would have been shot on the spot and their commander would have been the first in line to be shot. Von Cholitz knew that in the end he would have to surrender anyway, he decided to save the lives of his men (and of the civilians) by not obeying an order dictated by vengeance and not military tactic. Another thing was that as a prisoner he would be out of reach of Hitler, while as a commander on the east front he would have had to answer to Hitler for not obeying orders. Yet it still took courage in disobeying that madman, he knew that he was risking the lives of his whole family for Hitler was known for taking his revenge on kin of 'traitors'.