The Channel Islands Occupation Archive

23 Jun

Interview Part 3- Bob Le Souer, Jersey Resident

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 […]

29 Apr

Channel Islands Occupation Archive launches- we need your content!

Launching this week is the first of a series of new content additions to the site that are part of a bigger project called the Occupation Archive. This new site will be an online record of personal accounts, photos, diaries, letters and official information detailing the history of the Occupation of the Channel Islands.
The idea […]

29 Apr

The Battle of the Butes

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 […]

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