Josef Jakobs firing squad had been issued with blanks, only five live rounds were used. Following the execution, Jakobs' body was buried in an unmarked grave at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London. The location used for Jakobs' grave has since been re-used, so the original grave site is difficult to find. Jakobs was the last person to be executed at the Tower of London, since all other German spies condemned to death in the UK during the Second World War were executed by hanging at either Wandsworth or Pentonville prisons in London. Josef Jakobs Josef Jakobs (30 June 1898
Josef Kieffer to prisoners. During his cross-examination after the war by Vera Atkins from SOE, he began to cry at his interrogator's description of the death of Noor Inayat Khan at Dachau concentration camp. Atkins replied, "Kieffer, if one of us is going to cry it is going to be me. You will please stop this comedy." Kieffer was subsequently charged with war crimes. After being found guilty at his trial he was sentenced to death by hanging and executed on the gallows at by Albert Pierrepoint. Josef Kieffer Waffen SS Sturmbannführer (Major) Hans Josef Kieffer (4 December 1900 – 26 June