![]() ![]() 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. 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 After World War II, a book about Raskin's exploits in both world wars was written by Jozef De Vroey, himself a Catholic priest and survivor of both these conflicts, under the title Pater Raskin in de beide wereldoorlogen ( Father Raskin in Both World Wars). A statue honoring his service stands in Aarschot. While operating under the code name Leopold Vindictive 200 for the Belgian resistance, on he was arrested by the Gestapo, tried and convicted, and on 18 October 1943 was guillotined. Later, during World War II, he was drafted into the Belgian army as a chaplain and was a personal advisor to King Leopold III. Jozef Maria Raskin (21 June 1892 – 18 October 1943) was a Belgian artist, painter, draftsman, and Scheutist missionary who served in World War I and became a missionary in China from 1920 to 1934. ![]()
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