Biography

Charles Hinstin was born on February 21, 1903 in Paris, France. Charles was married to Jacqueline Marie Jeanne Alice Fournet. Charles died on July 28, 1962 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Gold prospector in Cameroon, member of the Free French as was his wife during WWII, met in Kabul Joseph Kessel who wrote about him as le Zombie in the last chapter of "Tous n'étaient pas des anges" from where these bio facts were taken. Charles's father was an engineer who was at least an acquaintance of André Citroen. Charles went to the US as a young man then later to Cameroon. He came back to France just before WWII to work in his father's company. He was a leader in Limoges of the Resistance, arrested, sent to Buckenwald concentration camp. Liberated, he met in France Jacqueline who was at Ravensbruck concentration camp.They married and had 2 boys. Kessel met him in 1956 preparing La Passe du diable. Charles was then the Air France representative in Kabul and helped Kessel on his movie.