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Originally Posted by Asterix
Here are some very interesting files on the fate of the Jews on the British Isles during the occupation. I found these last month and they are for very interesting reading. Apparently, they faced the same fates as those on the continent: They were forced to wear the yellow star of David, some were deported and murdered in camps, some were pressed into forced labor, and others were hidden and ultimately saved.
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When you visit the 'War tunnels' museum on the island (Jersey) your entrance ticket is a facsimile of an identity card for a real person, who's fate you discover as you progress through the museum.
All but one of my little group of mate's 'personalities' ended up either imprisoned, in a concentration camp, or dead.
(the other chap escaped from the Island by rowing boat and on arriving on the South coast of England after c.3 days rowing was taxed by the port authorities for importing the boat!)
We also were informed there that the first German casualty on the Island was a trooper that covered himself in pig-fat and fell asleep while sunbathing; gaining severe burns in the process...
Talking to people who were there at the time underlined that the occupation was a grim experience on the whole, though ironically they all said that nearing the end the German garrison was finally on worse starvation rations than them as Red Cross ships brought in supplies for the islanders while the German supply ships stopped coming.
Cheers,
Adam.