Flurry of Activity around Jan Willem Ter Braak

Engelbertus Fukken (alias Jan Willem Ter Braak) (National Archives KV 2/114)
Engelbertus Fukken (alias Jan Willem Ter Braak) (National Archives KV 2/114)

There’s been a flurry of activity around Jan Willem Ter Braak the last couple of weeks. The media has learned that a gravestone is going to be placed on his grave and there have been a couple of articles that have come out.

The Cambridge News and the Daily Mail have similar articles that both mention my website and blog (even quote it!)… although both call it a Dutch website… which it most certainly is not. I did contact the author of the Daily Mail article regarding the error… but we’ll see what comes of that.

The Mirror has an article on Ter Braak as well – but no mention of Josef Jakobs or this website/blog.

On another note, I was contacted by ITV Anglia via Skype and answered a few questions about Ter Braak. It would seem that there is more interest in the stories of the wartime spies. I’m also becoming aware that while I have a fair degree of knowledge about German espionage against Britain during the war… and think that much of this is common knowledge… most of it is not!

UpdateITV Angia piece available at this link.

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