The Channel Islands Occupation Archive

22 Mar

Interview Part 1- Rudolph Rueter

This is part 1 of the interview with Rudolph Rueter, a German soldier who served in 314 Division’s Signals section posted to Guernsey. He served in the island for the entire length of the Occupation up to the Liberation on May 9th 1945. A lively straight-talking character who has some fascinating, extremely honest personal insight [...]

28 Oct

Interview Part 2- Bernhard Weiss, German Soldier

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 [...]

11 Oct

Interview Part 1- Bernhard Weiss, German Soldier

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 [...]

28 May

Interview Part 2- Artur Boch, German soldier- Guernsey

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 [...]

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