Another post on Clara Bauerle. A friend asked for links to Clara’s music so I thought I’d post them here for others. Clara can be a bit tough to find on YouTube since she is usually listed as Claire Bauerle (or Claire Bäuerle) Schiff ahoi! – Claire Bäuerle, Heyn-Quartett, 1940 Die Männer sind schon die […]
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On 4 and 5 August, 1941, German spy Josef Jakobs was brought before a court martial at the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea. The court martial had a panel of “judges” who were high-ranking military officers. It was there job to decide whether Josef was guilty or innocent of the charges brought against him.
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N.B. 2021 10 19 – I published a couple of follow-up blogs in July 2020 and Sept 2020. On 4 and 5 August, 1941, German spy Josef Jakobs was brought before a court martial at the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea. The court martial had a panel of “judges” who were high-ranking military officers.
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On 4 and 5 August, 1941, German spy Josef Jakobs was brought before a court martial at the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea. The court martial had a panel of “judges” who were high-ranking military officers. It was there job to decide whether Josef was guilty or innocent of the charges brought against him.
German spy Josef Jakobs was tried by court martial on 4 and 5 August, 1941 at the Duke of York’s Headquarters in Chelsea. The President of the Court Martial, the five Members of the Court and the two waiting Members (if required) would decide his fate. The Manual of Military Law contained the Rules of
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In early August, after weeks of preparation, the wheels of the British military establishment finally turned to Josef’s court martial. The trial took place on 4 and 5 August, 1941, at the Duke of York’s Headquarters, the halls of which bustled with decorated soldiers and bewigged lawyers. The court martial tribunal was made up of
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Did the British Security Service (MI5) capture every single one of the German spies who parachuted into England during World War II? That was the claim made by John C. Masterman, chair of MI5s Double-Cross Committee, in his classic book published in 1972. Today, MI5 still claims that the only spy to evade their net
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N.B. Updated – 3 November 2021 In researching the lives of the Camp 020 interrogators, I had purposely left Second Lieutenant Winn to the last. I had very little information to go on and, since Winn was a rather common name and I had no first initials for the man, the odds of tracking him
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In researching the lives of the Camp 020 interrogators, it has become abundantly clear that few of them were chosen for their prior experience with interrogation or intelligence work. They were drawn from the ranks of diplomats, tailors, former soldiers, dentists, historians and even travel agents. In his history of Camp 020, Stephens touched on
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In researching the lives of the Camp 020 interrogators, it is always nice to across an individual with a rich history. Such an individual is Douglas Bernard Stimson, “Stimmy” to his colleagues. Although technically not an interrogator, Douglas was in charge of Administration at Camp 020 and had interactions with the prisoners. Early Life Douglas
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