26 (AP) -- Franciscus Johannes Winter, a 40-year-old German spy who came to Great Britain in the guise of a refugee, was executed today in Wandsworth Prison ...
He was convicted of espionage at the Old Bailey on the 4th of December, 1942 under the terms of the Treachery Act of 1940, before Mr. Justice Humphreys sitting ...
Winter was a small man, standing 5' 1” tall and weighing 145 lbs. so Albert gave him a drop of 7' 8”. He was the only spy executed during 1943. Marian Ni ...
The Home Office announces the execution in Wandsworth Prison of a German secret service agent, Franciscus Johannes ...
Winter was hanged at Wandsworth on Tuesday 26 January 1943 by Albert Pierrepoint and Henry Critchell. His was the only spy execution of 1943. Oswald John Job.
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He was Franciscus Johannes Winter, Belgian, born at Antwerp in January 1903, who had become a German secret ... Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins:1943-01-26 ... Winter, Franciscus Johannes (German spy) ... txu-oclc-35776857-1943-01-26 ...
... Franciscus Johannes Winter, a ship steward, who endeavoured ... Published: Tuesday 26 January 1943. Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News County: Hampshire ...
Selective Service Act of 1940, 1943 amendements, f. 4. Selective Service ... Winter, Franciscus Johannes (Belgian-German spy), f. 5. Young Communist ...
Feb 25, 2021 ˇ This section deals with people who spied for Germany during the Second World War, and were convicted and subsequently executed under the Treachery Act 1940.