News about Subhas Chandra Bose

A new batch of prisoners arrived in September 1941 to serve with the British contingent of officers at Colditz castle (right), the large fortress in Nazi Germany where violent prisoners-of-war were held hostage. Among all the white faces, one in particular stood out. He was an Indian. Birendranath Mazumdar (left) was a surgeon and a good one. He was born into the British Raj's high noon, with refined demeanors and quickidious tastes, as well as Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, French, and German. He had been educated at elite colleges modelled on the English system and was brought up to observe a code of honour that was Victorian British in tone: dedication, allegiance, morality, and sincerity.