He Survived Dachau. He Captured Its Horrors on Paper the Next Day.
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Brian Stonehouse parachuted into France at age 24 as part of a British unit collaborating with the French Resistance during World War II.
- Using the code name Celestin, he served as a wireless operator, secretly relaying messages to London while posing as an artist.
- His artist's paint box cleverly concealed a radio transmitter and a cyanide tablet for use if captured by the enemy.
- After only a few months, Stonehouse was discovered by the Nazis and imprisoned in multiple concentration camps.
- He was held at Dachau until its liberation by American forces in April 1945, where tens of thousands of prisoners had perished.
