28 Oct
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 [...]
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23 Jun
This is part 2 of the interview conducted with Bob Le Sueur, 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 SUEUR
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16 Jun
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 Sueur, 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 [...]
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