On 31 August 1943 he was tried and convicted, offering as his only defense: Im Gewissen und vor Gott habe ich meine Pflicht getan (In conscience and before God I have done my duty).
While imprisoned awaiting trial, he was described by other prisoners as being "a learned man, uplifting, eloquent, a support and an example" who sang every night, told stories of his years in China, and heard confessions from his fellow inmates. On, Raskin was betrayed as a spy by a man dressed as a beggar and was arrested by the Gestapo. Ask the Admiral please where he was exactly at that moment with my most respectful greetings. This information is thoroughly reliable and here is our guarantee or warranty: We are a staff of three principals and Several (? Seven) secondary agents but identify me as follows: – I am the bearded Military Chaplain who shook hands with Admiral Keyes on the morning of at about 7.30. Please say what was unknown to you, only giving the letters of the maps (A.B.C., etc) with "were unknown" or more about ". Please tell us if you get it in your normal news transmission, – in Dutch twice and in Radio Belgique twice, with the hour of arrival and as soon as you get it. This message is from Leopold Vindictive 200. An example of one such message from Raskin, which was flown to Britain by pigeon, is now archived in the UK's National Archives under the heading "Source Message No. Although written on ultra thin paper, Raskin wrote in-depth reports which included detailed sketches of enemy positions and up to 5,000-word memos. His reports were dispatched in small 3 mm (0.12 in) wide tubes attached to the pigeons legs. Containers carrying the birds would be parachuted to him in occupied Belgium. He worked with MI14 section "d" (the "Secret Pigeon Service") to convey his intelligence reports to England using the birds. He also spent much of his time mapping the German positions on the Belgian coast. His knowledge of radiography allowed him to eavesdrop on the transmissions between the various Wehrmacht commands occupying Belgium.
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In this role, he was the personal adviser to King Leopold III, and celebrated Mass with the monarch.įollowing defeat in the Battle of Belgium, Raskin used the code name "Leopold Vindictive 200" while working for the Dutch resistance. World War II Īt the outbreak of World War II, Raskin was drafted as a chaplain into the Belgian military. In February 1934 he returned to Belgium and became a writer for his order. While attached to the Apostolic Vicariate of Xiwanzi there, he taught natural sciences. Missionary in China Īfter his ordination by the CICM Missionaries on 2 February 1920, he was stationed as a missionary to Inner Mongolia, China, where he became fluent in both the spoken and written Chinese language. As a front-line soldier and observer of enemy lines, his skills in drawing were particularly noted. He was captured on the front lines with the Germans giving him an automatic death sentence, as soldiers disguised as priests were suspected of carrying secret documents, but he successfully escaped from his captors. World War I Īfter becoming a deacon on 25 July 1914, Raskin was mobilized into the Belgian army where, due to a shortage of uniforms, he continued to wear his cassock. He studied in a college in Sint-Truiden and took his vows in 1910 with the CICM Missionaries, a Catholic religious order widely known as the Scheut Missionaries. He was the eldest son of Amandus and Marie Léonie ( née Cleeren). Jozef Raskin was born in Stevoort, Belgium, in 1892. Statue of Jozef Raskin Early life and education
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