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Was German Spy Josef Jakobs imprisoned at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp?

I’ve known for a few decades that Josef Jakobs claimed to have been imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. I’ve always wondered if his claim was true. Lt. Col. Robin W.G. Stephens, commandant of MI5’s secret interrogation centre certainly believed it was true. But it’s always been a niggling question in my mind. Every year, however, […]

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The Cassini Code of Josef Jakobs’ Landing Spot in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire

A few months ago, I received a comment on one of my blog posts about Josef’s landing spot. The anonymous individual was writing in reference to the military map code that is contained within the MI5 files on Josef. The file notes that Josef was found at: Grid bearing 135 degrees from Dovehouse Farm. Distance

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The Hague – Vondelstraat Wireless Training Centre

In January 1941, Josef Jakobs received wireless training in The Hague prior to being sent on his espionage mission to England. During his interrogation by MI5, he was asked many questions about the German Abwehr’s activities in The Hague, most of which he could not answer. Josef told the MI5 officers about his accommodation which

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The Hague – Haunts of Spies

On 8 January 1941, Josef Jakobs was sent from Hamburg to The Hague to complete his espionage training. In some of his initial statements to the MI5 officers in April 1941, Josef stated that he had stayed at the Hotel Central while in The Hague. In later statements, he corrected that information and said that

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Duke of York’s Headquarters targeted by Luftwaffe during World War 2

The Mail Online has an interesting article about an old map that has recently come to light. The map, which belonged to a Luftwaffe navigator, was found in an attic of a former WW2 air gunner and likely came from a downed Luftwaffe plane. Dated November 30, 1941, the map identifies some of the key

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Abwehr Locales in Hamburg

Hamburg has proved to be a stubborn nut to crack. Very stubborn. During the last few years of writing this blog, I’ve been tackling various locales, people and objects, trying to deepen my own understanding of the role they played in the story of German spy, Josef Jakobs. Most of my blogs have focused on

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The Ruins of RAF Upwood

I came across a few interesting sites that document the abandoned RAF Upwood base near Ramsey, Huntingdonshire. German spy, Josef Jakobs, landed near Ramsey on January 31, 1941 and MI5 speculated at the time that he might have been sent to snoop around the airbase. While Josef had a Shell Touring Map of England in

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