Article Review – National Archives Blog Another pleasant surprise – a National Archives blog on the case of German spy, Josef Jakobs. The blog post was written by Dr. Richard Dunley at the National Archives and is well researched. Given that the National Archives has the voluminous declassified MI5 files on Josef as well as […]
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Today, I received three courtesy copies of a BBC History magazine entitled The Secret History of Spies. I had been contacted last year by the magazine’s Picture Editor about supplying a copy of Josef’s photograph. In return, they sent me copies of the magazine. It is a nice-looking piece of work and covers a range
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The Magazine Article From the Editor, After the Battle, volume 100, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1998, page 23. Summary A very brief paragraph noted that the chair in which Josef Jakobs had been executed had been placed on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Included a photograph of the chair in a
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The Magazine Article From the Editor, After the Battle, volume 80, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1993, page 2. Summary A brief mention of my trip to London in 1991. Winston Ramsey, editor of After the Battle Magazine, kindly took me on tours of Latchmere House, the Duke of York’s Headquarters, the Tower of
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The Magazine Article MI5’s Secret Interrogation Centre, After the Battle, volume 74, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1991, pages 50-53. Summary This issue of After the Battle Magazine contains an article on MI5’s Secret Interrogation Centre, also known as: Latchmere House, Camp 020, Ham Common or simply Ham. The article gives a brief history
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The Magazine Article From the Editor – Letters, After the Battle, volume 72, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1991, page 36. Summary Last year I wrote a short article review on After the Battle Magazine’s classic piece on German Spies in Britain (Volume 11, published 1976). In the late 1980s, this magazine was one
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Latchmere House. Ham Common. Camp 020. Whatever you want to call it, the grounds of MI5’s secret interrogation centre in Richmond had a long, and sometimes grim history. I’ve been meaning to write a blog posting about Josef’s time at Latchmere House, but in the meantime, came across a blog written by Steve Woodbridge, a
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On 23 November, 2013, the Tablet newspaper in England published an article entitled “From NW10 to Eternity“ (you now need to register to read the whole article). The article gives a brief history of St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Kensal Green where Josef Jakobs is buried. The article highlights some of the more impressive tombs
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I came across an article the other day which got me thinking. Richard Overy, a Professor of History at the University of Exeter wrote an article for History Today. He questioned the indiscriminate use of the word “Nazi” to describe “anything to do with German institutions or behaviour in the years of the dictatorship between
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The Magazine German Spies in Britain, After the Battle, volume 35, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1982, page 20. Summary Last year I wrote a short article review on After the Battle Magazine’s classic piece on German Spies in Britain (Volume 11, published 1976). When the editor of the magazine, Winston Ramsey, wrote the
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