The Spy in the Tower (eBook)

The Untold Story of Joseph Jakobs, the Last Person to be Executed in the Tower of London

Giselle K. Jakobs (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
450 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9171-1 (ISBN)

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A family man who ran afoul of the Nazis, Josef Jakobs was ill-prepared for an espionage mission to England. Captured by the Home Guard after breaking his ankle, Josef was interrogated at Camp 020, before being prosecuted under the Treachery Act 1940 and executed on 15 August 1941. An open and shut case? MI5's files suggest otherwise. Faced with the threat of a German invasion in 1940/41, MI5 used promises and threats to break enemy agents, extract intelligence and turn some into double agents, challenging the validity of the 'voluntary' confessions used to prosecute captured spies. But, more than that - was Josef set up to fail? Was he a sacrifice to test the double-cross system? The Spy in the Tower tells the untold story of one of Nazi Germany's failed agents, and calls into question the legitimacy of Britain's wartime espionage trials and the success of its double-cross system.

GISELLE K. JAKOBS is the granddaughter of Josef Jakobs. She has a doctorate in palaeontology, which has given her strong research skills that were indispensable in unearthing and tying together the threads of this complex story. A subsequent master's degree in theology and experience as a pastoral associate tempered the scientist with some humanity. Giselle currently works as a facilitator, leading reconciliation workshops between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants around the Indian Residential School legacy in Canada. The ability to bring opposing views to the table (scientist/theologian, victim/oppressor) has prepared her well to tell the very personal story of her grandfather - a German spy executed by an English firing squad.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Anderson, John

Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Privy Council.

Baldock, Charles

Farm labourer who found Josef Jakobs near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.

Bäuerle, Hedwig Clara

German cabaret singer and actress – mistress of Josef Jakobs.

Beier, Dr

Alias for Julius Jacob Boeckel.

BISCUIT

MI5 double agent, Sam McCarthy.

Boeckel, Julius Jacob

German Abwehr – Ast Hamburg – trained LENA agents – alias Dr Beier.

Brodersen, Knut

Norwegian – Abwehr agent, arrived in Scotland in early 1944.

Butler, Richard

MI5, SLB – involved in prosecution of spies.

Canaris, Wilhelm

Head of German Abwehr.

Caroli, Gösta

Swedish – Abwehr agent sent to England in September 1940 – double agent SUMMER.

Chidlow, William

Corps of Military Police – guarded Josef Jakobs from 23 July to 15 August.

Cornish, George Mervyn

Officer Commanding, Holding Battalion, Grenadier Guards.

Coulson, Harry

Farm labourer who found Josef Jakobs near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.

Cowgill, Felix

MI6, Deputy Head of Section V.

Curedale, John

Ramsey Home Guard – involved in apprehension of Josef Jakobs.

Cussen, Edward James Patrick

MI5, SLB – involved in prosecution of spies.

De Deeker, Franciscus

Belgian – alias of Karl Theodore Druecke.

Dearden, Harold

MI5 – physician at Latchmere House.

DeGraaf, Johannes

Dutch-Canadian – Abwehr agent, arrived in England in late 1942.

Dierks, Hans

German Abwehr – Ast Hamburg.

Dixon, Cyril E.

MI5 – Regional Security Liaison Officer (RSLO) in Cambridge.

Dronkers, Johannes Marinus

Dutch – Abwehr agent, arrived in England in May 1942.

Druecke, Karl Theodore

German? – Abwehr agent, arrived in Scotland in September 1940.

Elkan, Abraham Wolfgang

German-Jewish stepfather of Josef Jakobs’ wife.

Eriksen, Vera

Danish-Russian – alias of Vera von Wedel or Vera Schalburg, Abwehr agent who arrived in Scotland in September 1940.

Evans, Albert Daniel Meurig

MI5 – Latchmere House interrogator.

Frischmuth, Inspector

Alias for Walter Steffens.

Gerard, Charles Robert Tolver Michael

Deputy Provost Marshal, London District.

GANDER

MI5 double agent Kurt Karl Goose, aka Hans Reysen.

Glad, Tor

Norwegian – double agent JEFF.

Godfrey, James Harry

Ramsey Home Guard – involved in apprehension of Josef Jakobs near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.

Goodacre, Edward Brereton

MI5 – Latchmere House interrogator.

Goose, Kurt Karl

German – aka Hans Reysen – double agent GANDER.

Grant, Douglas

Metropolitan Police, Special Branch.

Grew, Benjamin Dixon

HM Prison Wandsworth – Governor.

Hansen, Nikolai S.M.

Norwegian – Abwehr agent arrived in Scotland in September 1943.

Harker, Oswald Allen

Deputy Director General, MI5.

Heddy, William Reginald Huleatt

Coroner, East London District.

Hinchley-Cooke, william Edward

MI5, SLB – co-ordinated prosecution of spies.

Hippisley-Cox, Edward Geoffrey

Assistant Adjutant General, London District.

Jackson, Philip

Gunner with the Royal Artillery.

Jaikens, Horace

Huntingdonshire Constabulary, Ramsey Police – acting inspector.

Jakobs, Emma (née Lück)

Mother of Josef Jakobs, wife of Kaspar Jakobs.

Jakobs, Giselle

Daughter of Raymond Jakobs and granddaughter of Josef Jakobs.

Jakobs, Josef

German Abwehr agent.

Jakobs, Kaspar

Father of Josef Jakobs, former Catholic priest.

Jakobs, Margarete (née Knöffler)

Wife of Josef Jakobs.

Jakobs, Norbert

Eldest son of Josef Jakobs.

Jakobs, Pamela

Daughter of Raymond Jakobs and granddaughter of Josef Jakobs.

Jakobs, Raymond

Youngest son of Josef Jakobs.

Jakobs, Regine

Daughter of Josef Jakobs.

JEFF	MI5 double agent, Tor Glad.

JOHNNY

German Abwehr’s code name for Arthur G. Owens (double agent SNOW to the British).

JULIUS

German Abwehr’s code name for Josef Jakobs.

Kieboom, Charles Albert Van den

Dutch – one of the four spies who landed on the coast of Kent in September 1940.

Knips, Lily

German-Jewish – escaped from Berlin to London.

Knöffler, Alma Margarete

Wife of Josef Jakobs.

Lahousen, Erwin von

Head of Abteilung II, German Abwehr.

LEONHARDT

German Abwehr’s code name for Wulf Schmidt (double agent TATE to the British).

Liddell, Guy

Director, MI5 B Division.

Lück, Emma

Wife of Kaspar Jakobs and mother of Josef Jakobs.

MacGeagh, Henry Davies Foster

Judge Advocate General.

Mackenzie, Eric Dighton

Officer Commanding, Holding Battalion, Scots Guards.

Malten, Major

Alias of Carl August Johannes Merker/Merkel.

Margesson, David

Secretary of State for War.

Marlowe, Anthony Alfred Harmsworth

Lawyer for the prosecution at court martial of Josef Jakobs.

Marriott, John H.

MI5 – Secretary, Double-Cross Committee.

Masterman, John Cecil

MI5 – Chairman, Double-Cross Committee.

Maxwell, Alexander

Permanent Undersecretary of State, Home Office.

McCarthy, Sam

British – MI5 double agent BISCUIT.

Meier, Carl

Dutch-German – one of the four spies who landed on the coast of Kent in September 1940.

Merker/Merkel,

German Abwehr - Ast Netherlands -

Carl August Johannes

Referat I Luft - responsible for dispatching agents by air (alias Major Malten)

Mills, Thomas Oliver

Huntingdonshire Constabulary.

Milmo, Helenus Padraic Seosamh

MI5, Head of B1b – section that analysed Abwehr decrypts and other intelligence related to the double-cross system.

Moe, John Herbert Neal (Helge)

Norwegian-British – double agent MUTT.

MUTT	MI5 double...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Abwehr • british security service • Cambridgeshire • camp 020 • court martial • double agent • Double-Cross System • duke of york's headquarters • dulwich community hospital • firing squad • german intelligence service • historic royal palaces • hm prison brixton • hm prison wandsworth • Home Guard • Huntingdonshire • joseph jakobs • joseph jakobs, camp 020, the tower of london, double agent, the treachery act, mi5, german intelligence service, abwehr, double-cross system, second world war, world war ii, world war 2, world war two, wwii, ww2, • joseph jakobs, camp 020, the tower of london, double agent, the treachery act, mi5, german intelligence service, abwehr, double-cross system, second world war, world war ii, world war 2, world war two, wwii, ww2, mI5, wartime espionage • karel richter • kensal green • latchmere house • MI5 • nikolaus ritter • prosecution of spies • Ramsey • robin william george stephens • royal armouries museum • scots guards • Second World War • Spies • st mary's roman catholic cemetary • the tower of london • the treachery act • the treachery act 1940 • the untold story of josef jakobs the last person to be executed at the tower of london • thomas argyll robertson • wartime espionage • wartime espionage|the untold story of josef jakobs the last person to be executed at the tower of london • wellington barracks • william edward hinchley cooke • World War 2 • World War II • World War Two • ww2 • WWII
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9171-2 / 0750991712
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9171-1 / 9780750991711