Josef Jakobs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Jakobs

German spy executed at the Tower of London

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1898

Place of Birth: Luxembourg

Date of Death: 15-Aug-1941

Profession: double agent

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Josef Jakobs (30 June 1898 – 15 August 1941) was a German spy and 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.