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Camp 020 at Latchmere House in south-west London was a British interrogation centre for captured German agents during the Second World War. [1] It was run by Lieutenant Colonel Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens.
- Kv 4/8 – Sampson on Josef Jakobs – Page 9-10
- Kv 4/8 – Sampson on Josef Jakobs – Page 40
- Camp 020 – Stephens on Josef Jakobs – Page 155
- Camp 020 – Stephens on Josef Jakobs – Page 51 and 105
- Closing Thoughts
Though this case is not strictly speaking “pre-invasion”, since this agent did not arrive till January 31st, 1941, it will be convenient to deal with it at this stage, together with the linked case of Karel Richter (see below) as they represent the lasts parachutists to be dispatched to this country by the Hamburg Abwehrstelle. Jakobs, a German nat...
The first of the clandestine agents [of 1941] was a German, Josef Jakobs, who was dropped by parachute in the evening of January 31st 1941 at Ramsay, Huntingdonshire. He broke his ankle when being dropped and was unable to move or to conceal his equipment which consisted of the usual W/T set, code, false identity papers, etc. He had in his possessi...
The lull in airborne espionage traffic ended at 2100 hours on the night of 31 January 1941 with the arrival near Romsey [sic], Huntingdonshire, of a 43-year old German, Josef JAKOBS. He lay in a field with a broken ankle, draped by his parachute and surrounded by his equipment, until 0930 hours on the following morning, unable to move. He had been ...
A few men, very few, were brave, Joachim JAKOBS, the German was one. He told the squad at the Tower of London to shoot straight. (page 51) The patriots are few, and these brave fewer still. They can be counted on the left hand. One, JAKOBS, a German, told the firing squad at the Tower of London to shoot straight. (page 105)
Stephens was clearly a Character, one who infused a lot of himself into his written reports. In many ways, having his personal opinions expressed gives one an added lens through which to view the spies who came into his field of vision. He saw Josef as a “doughty opponent” and a “brave man”. These were qualities that Stephens valued. He sneered at ...
depiction of the activities of Camp 020, an MI5 facility for captured German spies, included physical violence during an interrogation, which was subsequently fiercely contested by former members of staff from the establishment.
May 20, 2020 · The police safeguarded Chapman until the MI5, Britain’s rather small security service and domestic intelligence agency, took him to Camp 020, a secret detention center where Lieutenant Colonel Robin “Tin Eye” Stephens — the nickname a reference to the steel-rimmed monocle he wore at all times — debriefed him. Stephens was notorious ...
Sep 16, 2024 · History of Camp 020, entitled 'A Digest of Ham'. Case histories of suspected spies interrogated in Camp 020 in World War II and subsequent interrogations in the British-occupied zone of Germany.
- 1937 Jan 01-1946 Dec 31
- With 52 photographs
- The National Archives, Kew
- KV 4/13
Captured by the Home Guard after breaking his ankle, Josef was interrogated at Camp 020, before being prosecuted under the Treachery Act 1940 and executed on 15 August 1941. An open and shut case? MI5’s files suggest otherwise.
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Camp 020 at Latchmere House in south-west London was a British interrogation centre for captured German agents during the Second World War. It was run by Lieutenant Colonel Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens. Although other wartime interrogation centres were alleged to have used torture to extract confessions, Stephens denied claims that torture had been ...
