This is part 2 of the interview with Bernhard Weiss. He was drafted into the German army at 17yrs of age in 1943 and was immediately posted to the Channel Islands. Here he enjoyed a relatively trouble free life until starvation and low morale forced the soldiers to take drastic actions, including his shocking confession […]
This is part 1 of an interview conducted with Bernhard Weiss, a German citizen who was drafted into the German army in 1943 at the age of 18. He was a private stationed in Guernsey until the liberation of the islands by British forces in 1945. He was sent as a POW to England for […]
This is part 3 of the interview conducted with Bob Le Souer, a lifelong Jersey resident who was a young man during the Occupation. Bob was involved closely in the hiding of escaped Russian workers from Organisation Todt, the German company contracted with building all the fortifications that covered throughout the islands.
BOB LE SOUER
Interviewer: Moving […]
This is part 2 of the interview conducted with Bob Le Souer, a lifelong Jersey resident who was a young man during the Occupation. Bob was involved closely in the hiding of escaped Russian workers from Organisation Todt, the German company contracted with building all the fortifications that covered throughout the islands.
BOB LE SOUER
Interviewer: […]
In this post is part 1 of the interview conducted in August 2001 as part of the filming of In Toni’s Footsteps. The interviewee is Bob Le Souer, a Jersey resident who lived through the German Occupation. At the time of the invasion he was a young man starting a career in insurance sales. He […]
Artur Boch was a dispatch rider serving with 319 Division in Guernsey. He turned 17 in the second half of the Second World War and was immediately drafted into a bicycle cavalry unit. He served in Guernsey until the Liberation of the Channel Islands in May 1945. Following this he served as a prisoner of […]
The following is an extract from the novel War on the Margins, generously provided by author Libby Cone. The meticulously researched Jersey-set novel tells the story of a young Jewish woman, Marlene Zimmer, throughout the war years of occupation. We struggle with her as this heretofore timid and nervous young woman gathers strength and maturity […]
Artur Boch was a dispatch rider serving with 319 Division in Guernsey. He turned 17 in the second half of the Second World War and was immediately drafted into a bicycle cavalry unit. He served in Guernsey until the Liberation of the Channel Islands in May 1945. Following this he served as a prisoner of […]
This story is contributed by Sylvia@Intrigue, courtesy of her flickr.com page
“You can not go anywhere in Alderney without constant stark reminders of the German Occupation. Unlike Guernsey, where an uneasy sort-of truce seemed to be in place where the inhabitants and the occupiers lived together, Alderney was virtually abandoned to the Germans.
Over the five years […]
As the 4yr long occupation of the Channel Island’s by German forces is a subject unbeknown to many, including many Second World War enthusiasts, we have built a specialist online shop that you can access here.
The shop contains a variety of books and DVDs focusing on the German Occupation and its aftermath. Titles include personal […]
