A TWO-PART docuseries exploring the Occupation of the Channel Islands airs on Channel 4 tonight [THURS 29 MAY].
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation will show actors revitalise eyewitness accounts from diaries, memoirs and letters – of both the occupiers and occupied – with the help of historians Gilly Carr and Louise Willmot.
Produced by Minnow Films, the series was supported by Visit Jersey.
Announcing the two-part series in March, a spokesperson for the national channel said: “The invasion of Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney was a propaganda coup for Hitler, who began a building campaign to transform the islands into an impregnable fortress.
“But what started as a so-called ‘model occupation’ degenerated into a nightmare roll-out of Nazism – with persecution, antisemitic orders, informants, mass deportations, starvation, slave labour camps.”
They continued: “There was no official investigation into the Occupation, but the fallout from the division it caused remains toxic to this day.”
Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation will air at 8pm and will also be available to stream on All4.
