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To: HartleyMBaldwin

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.


41 posted on 05/26/2025 2:42:36 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD

I did not know that. I thought the Alderney residents stayed on their island under German occupation, like Jersey and Guernsey.


42 posted on 05/26/2025 3:02:00 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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