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 Jakobs German cabaret singer and actress named Clara Bauerle, who became a spy because she had spent a few years performing in the West Midlands and could speak English with a Birmingham accent. Jakobs said Bauerle was meant to join him after he had made “radio contact,” but then doubted she would now be sent since he was arrested before he could communicate with his team. Bauerle's whereabouts remained unknown for several decades, and it was theorized that she may have died under suspicious circumstances in England. In 2016, it was discovered that Bauerle had died in a Berlin hospital on