Josef Jakobs
Military Person
1898 – 1941
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Who was Josef Jakobs?
Josef Jakobs was a German spy who became the last person to be executed at the Tower of London. He was captured shortly after parachuting into the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Convicted of espionage under the Treachery Act 1940, Jakobs was shot by a military firing squad. He was not hanged because he was captured as an enemy combatant and not by the civilian police service.
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- Born
- Jun 30, 1898
Luxembourg - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Aug 15, 1941
Tower of London - Resting place
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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