Posted on 05/26/2025 10:08:26 AM PDT by RandFan
Alderney was completely evacuated prior to the German arrival. I’ve read it became some kind of concentration camp. There is a big multilingual memorial there.
For an account of life on Jersey before and after the invasion read Peter Hassalll’s account.
https://www.frankfallaarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Peter-Hassalls-memoirs.pdf
It includes a failed escape and subsequent treatment as a victim of the infamous Nacht und Nebel decree.
An amazing story of survival.
I did not know that. I thought the Alderney residents stayed on their island under German occupation, like Jersey and Guernsey.
its on amazon prime. definite cliffhanger, because it ends mid-story.
I'll put up with ads, but not being nickeled and dimed to death with paid subscriptions.
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