The Book Cargo of Lies: The True Story of a Nazi Double Agent in Canada. Dean Beeby. Toronto University Press, Toronto, 1995. Summary You know that saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well… that saying applies to this book! Looking at the cover, you might expect some semi-fictionalized fantastical pseudo-historical story but… the […]
The Book Airborne Espionage: International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars; David Oliver; The History Press; Stroud, Gloucestershire; 2005. Summary I came across this book last year and it has been on my “to-read” list for quite a while. Unfortunately, after reading several sections via Google Books, I have decided to take a pass
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As 2017 wraps up, there are a few books that I’ve ordered/pre-ordered and hope to read in the next month or so. While they are all only tangentially related to the Josef Jakobs story, I’ve long since discovered that tangential stories are often a great source of information! Cargo of Lies – Dean Beeby –
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It seems that there are a slew of books coming out in recent years about wartime espionage and the characters involved. One of the newest, hot off the press books is entitled Double Agent CELERY – MI5s Crooked Hero by Carolinda Witt. It turns out that CELERY, whose real name was Walter Dicketts was quite
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The Book The London Cage; Lt. Col. A.P. Scotland, O.B.E.; Evans Brothers Limited; London; 1957. Summary I purchased a copy of The London Cage several years ago and got around to reading it this past week. The London Cage was one of a series of interrogation centres run by MI19. It was commanded by Lt.
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The Book Rough Justice – The True Story of Agent Dronkers, the Enemy Spy Captured by the British; David Tremain; Amberley Publishing; The Stroud, Gloucestershire; 2016. Summary Johannes Marinus Dronkers was a poor sod of a guy. A Dutchman who struggled to make a living in Nazi-occupied Holland, he was an easy mark for the
The Book Bella in the Wych Elm – In Search of a Wartime Mystery – by Andrew Sparke – 2014 and 2016 Summary I came across reference to this book through the HD Paranormal site – the people who are doing a film on Bella in the Wych Elm (due to be released in August
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The Book Spion Tegen Churchill – Leven en dood van Jan Willem ter Braak (Spy Against Churchill – Life and Death of Jan Willem ter Braak); Jan Willem van den Braak; WalburgPers; 2017 (in Dutch) Summary You only have to read the title of this book and the author’s name to do a bit of
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In April 1943, four boys searching for bird’s nests while trespassing on Lord Cobham’s estate near Hagley, England, found rather more than they expected. Within the hollow bole of an old Wych Elm were skeletal remains. The police were called and a massive investigation ensued. But, to date, no one knows who the female victim
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Article Review – Kriminalia Online Magazine I don’t often find anything published on Josef Jakobs in Germany, but… that has changed. Back in October, Michael Kirchschlager of Kriminalia, an online magazine on criminal and legal history, published a brief article stub entitled The Executioner at War: Soldiers, Spies, and Traitors – Der Henker im Krieg: