Jozef Raskin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian artist, painter, draftsman, and Scheutist missionary
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Place of Birth: Hasselt, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Jozef Raskin
- 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.
- Later, during World War II, he was drafted into the Belgian army as a chaplain and was a personal advisor to King Leopold III.
- While operating under the code name Leopold Vindictive 200 for the Dutch resistance, on 1 May 1942 he was arrested by the Gestapo, tried and convicted, and on 18 October 1943 was guillotined.
- A statue honoring his service stands in Aarschot.
- 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).
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