Harry Jaques charged with holding money for saboteur: 1942
Harry Jaques (real name Andreus Heinrich Jans), one of fourteen people charged in civilian courts with aiding eight Nazi saboteurs who landed by submarine on U.S. shores In June 1942, is shown in a mugshot after his arrest.
A Washington Star photo editor has placed an X over the left image.
Jaques was born in Germany and entered the United States in 1924 by jumping the ship on which he was a seaman. His wife, Emma, entered the United States a year later. The Jaques lived in Chicago.
The Jaques were the first persons contacted by Herman Neubauer after his landing on U.S. shores by U-boat. The Jaques admitted that Neubauer explained to them that he had returned to the U.S. on a secret mission for the German Nazi government and prevailed on them to conceal the sum of $3,600 in $50 bills which Neubauer brought with him from Germany.
The FBI recovered the money in a coffee jar taken from the Jaques home.
Neubauer and five others that landed on U.S. shores were executed in August 1942. One of the group was given 30 years imprisonment while the other received a life sentence. Both of those who were not executed had their sentences commuted in 1948 and were deported to the U.S. zone in Germany.
The saboteurs were unable to carry out any of their plans because one of them informed on the mission to the FBI.
The Jacques were never tried for their alleged crimes, but were held as enemy aliens until the end of the war and deported to the U.S. zone in Germany.
The Jacques were among 14 people arrested for aiding the eight saboteurs. Some of these 14 initially received the death penalty, but it was overturned on appeal. Some received lengthy prison sentences, some received lesser prison sentences while some were held as enemy aliens and deported after World War II ended.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is believed to be a U.S. government photograph. It is housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.
Harry Jaques charged with holding money for saboteur: 1942
Harry Jaques (real name Andreus Heinrich Jans), one of fourteen people charged in civilian courts with aiding eight Nazi saboteurs who landed by submarine on U.S. shores In June 1942, is shown in a mugshot after his arrest.
A Washington Star photo editor has placed an X over the left image.
Jaques was born in Germany and entered the United States in 1924 by jumping the ship on which he was a seaman. His wife, Emma, entered the United States a year later. The Jaques lived in Chicago.
The Jaques were the first persons contacted by Herman Neubauer after his landing on U.S. shores by U-boat. The Jaques admitted that Neubauer explained to them that he had returned to the U.S. on a secret mission for the German Nazi government and prevailed on them to conceal the sum of $3,600 in $50 bills which Neubauer brought with him from Germany.
The FBI recovered the money in a coffee jar taken from the Jaques home.
Neubauer and five others that landed on U.S. shores were executed in August 1942. One of the group was given 30 years imprisonment while the other received a life sentence. Both of those who were not executed had their sentences commuted in 1948 and were deported to the U.S. zone in Germany.
The saboteurs were unable to carry out any of their plans because one of them informed on the mission to the FBI.
The Jacques were never tried for their alleged crimes, but were held as enemy aliens until the end of the war and deported to the U.S. zone in Germany.
The Jacques were among 14 people arrested for aiding the eight saboteurs. Some of these 14 initially received the death penalty, but it was overturned on appeal. Some received lengthy prison sentences, some received lesser prison sentences while some were held as enemy aliens and deported after World War II ended.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmPiRmT4
The photographer is unknown. The image is believed to be a U.S. government photograph. It is housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.