Moog then went on to arrest many key members of the Gilbert circuit, and worked closely with Klaus Barbie in Lyon in planning the arrest of the iconic leader of the National Council of the Resistance, Jean Moulin. Pertschuk was deported to Buchenwald, where he wrote a book of lyrical poetry he called "Leaves of Buchenwald." He was executed on 29 March 1945, at age 23, thirteen days before the liberation of the camp. His poems were rescued by comrades, who published them in 1946 and again in 2003. Recognition Awards United Kingdom: MBE France: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, Croix de guerre 1939-1945. Monuments He is honoured at The Valençay SOE Memorial, Indre, as one of the 104 agents of section F who lost their lives for France’s liberation. Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, panel 22 column 1. A plaque at Buchenwald camp honours the memory of allied officers in Block 17 who were murdered between September 1944 and March 1945, including twenty SOE agents, including "Pertschuk, Lt. M.". References Further reading Odette: The Story of a British Agent, Jerrard Tickell, Chapman & Hall, London, 1949. MRD Foot, SOE in France an account of the work of the British Special Operations Executive in France, 1940–1944, HMSO, London, 1966. Leaves of Buchenwald (French), Maurice Pertschuk, Mass Market Paperback, 2003 1921 births 1945 deaths French Special Operations Executive personnel Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur French Resistance members Members of the Order of the British Empire French military personnel killed in World War II French people executed in Nazi concentration camps Royal Sussex Regiment soldiers British Army personnel killed in World War II French people who died in Buchenwald concentration camp French emigrants to the United Kingdom French Jews People from Paris