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)

eBook Download: EPUB

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

Infos

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.

Autor

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.

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