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Jersey Nazi Labour Camp Excavated

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  1. GRW

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    Early days, but let's hope they're right.
    "Experts working to discover a Nazi labour camp operated during the occupation of Jersey say they have found evidence of the camp's structure.
    Archaeologist Dr Gilly Carr, from the University of Cambridge, said they knew the Lager Wick camp in Grouville existed because of records but wanted to find evidence of it.
    She said the experts had now found remains of concrete structures.
    They studied a tiny part of the 200m (656ft) by 100m (328ft) camp.
    Dr Carr said: "While pieces of concrete may not be 'beautiful artefacts', they constitute proof of the practice of forced labour during the German occupation of WWII."
    She said word of mouth and paper evidence had told them the camp had been used for workers forced to build a nearby railway line.
    However, she said she wanted to find other evidence of the way the site was used and how they lived."
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-27025648?
     

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