Channel Islands Liberation 70 years - Slave Labour

People in the Channel Islands are celebrating the 70th anniversary of their liberation from the occupying Nazi forces in 1945

The Channel Islands were occupied by Nazi Germany for most of the Second World War, between 30 June 1940 and their liberation on 9 May 1945

Life under Nazi rule during the occupation of the channel islands was harsh

A curfew was imposed between the hours of 11pm and 5am and ID cards had to be carried. The sale of spirits was banned. Later, wirelesses were banned and all British-born Islanders were deported to Germany.

A register of Jewish people was created and all Jewish business had to publicly identify themselves.

Some were deported to concentration camps. Cars were requisitioned and the Germans controlled the food grown by farmers and caught by fishermen.

Anyone caught trying to escape to Britain was imprisoned or shot - if they didn't drown.

Four concentration camps were built on Alderney - the only ones on British territory. Alderney became the most heavily fortified of the islands, built by slave labour.