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A Prescription for the Impending Death of German spy Josef Jakobs

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Death Row. The end of the line. One door in, one door out. Appeals are written. Appeals are rejected. There is usually only one exit from Death Row. Inexorably the clock ticks down to the appointed hour. Usually there is no escape. Josef Jakobs was found guilty of treachery at his court martial on August […]

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National Registration Identity Card carried by German spy Josef Jakobs

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On September 3, 1939, England declared war against Germany. On September 5 of that same year the English Parliament, with Royal Assent, passed a National Registration system. With war declared, evacuations looming, and the last census eight years old, the government wanted to know who lived in England and how to keep track of them.

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