Served at Zhengding mission, c. 260 km to the south of Beijing, in China, in apostolic vicariate run by his co‑brother in Congregation, Dutch Bp Francis Schraven, where was transferred after contracting malaria, when the second Sino–Japanese war broke out in 1937.

On the night of 08‑09.10.1937 the mission was attacked by Japanese soldiers.

The request was made to hand in c. 200 young girls and women, who sought shelter in the mission (altogether c. 5,000 refuges were hiding there), for Japanese military public prostitution houses.

Bp Schraven refused.

Was then apprehended, bound and hijacked, together with 8 other priests and religious brothers, among them with Vladislav.

All were murdered by Japanese.

According to some sources shot with revolver bullets, according to others pierced with bayonets, and then all were doused with petrol and — some of them still alive — set alight, by LIngxiao pagoda, n. Tianning temple.

Contemporary Japanese sources suggest that bandit, rebellious Chinese units were responsible for the murder.