The Untold Story of Jan Willem ter Braak (a.k.a. Engelbertus Fukken)
Spion tegen Churchill by Jan Willem van den Braak (to be published 2017) |
Jan Willem ter Braak (the spy) was found shot in the head in early April 1941, in a an air raid shelter in Cambridge, England. MI5 determined that ter Braak (real name Engelbertus Fukken) had parachuted into England in early November 1940 and lived in Cambridge undetected.
They theorized that, despite having a wireless transmitter, he had failed to make contact with his handlers in the German Abwehr. Running short on funds, MI5 guessed that ter Braak had shot himself in the air raid shelter.
Much speculation has swirled around ter Braak since then. Did he really fail to make contact with the Abwehr? What was his mission? Did he really commit suicide? Author van den Braak has apparently dug up more on ter Braak than other researchers. His book on ter Braak, Spion tegen Churchill (Spy against Hitler) will be published in April 2017 in Dutch.
Spion tegen Churchill - back cover |
Some information can be found on this Dutch site which quotes the Cambridge News.
Comments
What a surprise to read this about my book, which will be published end of April.!
In my book I have told Jacobs story in short too, referring to your website.
I hope a translation in English (or German) will follow....
(The title is 'Spy against Churchill of course' ...)
Kind regards,
jan-willem van den braak
the hague, the netherlands