Glad I could help identify Emile du Bois as the jerseyman in Buchenwald. Did you know that there were 9 channel islanders in this camp? Check out https://t.co/98lHRpa1n7 for their stories.
Did you see the recent newsletter item about the Jerseyman held captive at Buchenwald concentration camp? We are pleased to report he's finally been identified, thanks to @CarrGilly! More info here: https://t.co/xTwRsVFPkQ
#OTD 75 years ago, the Bailiff of Jersey, Alexander Moncrieff Coutanche, was knighted by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. Search the Bailiff's Occupation/ Liberation files at https://t.co/kLxeJfObvz - FREE access until tomorrow (28th), thanks to support from @AJCInfo
#onthisday 15 Feb 1943 and teaching of German began in schools during the #occupation taken from the Bailiff’s Occupation and Liberation files now available https://t.co/kLxeJfwAE1, thanks to support from @AJCInfo
Be the light in the darkness' is the theme for HMD 2021. Today we reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways people have resisted that darkness to ‘be the light’. Some very special stories from the German Occupation of Jersey 1940-45. #HolocaustMemorialDay
Tomorrow (19th) is our last @BenestSyvret WYSOS? online talk of the year. Entitled 'In Their Own Words' it tells the story of the Occupation & Liberation through records left behind. Taking place at 10am you can register here: https://t.co/jAWqMHm4uJ @lib75jsy #archives#Lib75
My article, written with Patrick O’Connor QC, on the Guernsey policemen convicted in 1942, will be published in the Guernsey Press tomorrow (weds) @gavinstpier@Govgg@GuernseyPress@DoughtyStreet
From Saint Helier to the Occupation years, some of Jersey's most important stories are held at Elizabeth Castle. But do you know when they happened? Take a look at this timeline of major dates in the iconic fortress’s history and find out…https://t.co/BPJOu80qnD #loveyourcastle
These images from the @JEPnews Photo Archive show servicemen, evacuees and deportees arriving #home in Jersey on the first mailboat to arrive in the Island for 5 years after Liberation in June 1945 @explorearchives#exploreyourarchive @lib75jsy #lib75
Amazing organisation - Jersey already has UNESCO Memory of the World UK listing for the Occupation Records at Jersey Archive and we hope the Island’s incredible landscape and heritage will soon be part of it as well as we work towards Geopark designation. #aspiringgeopark#un75