Some police gave out verbal warnings of the dangers of being caught. The official set contains over 31,000 registration cards. Goods could always be traded. The British considered the offer, a memorandum from In November the Germans instigated a message, after getting agreement with the Bailiff of Jersey, to send to Britain details of the current level of food stocks available to the civilians. The drivers were still employed by the bus company, but were required to transport German soldiers instead.The German occupying forces, which had a need for builders, electricians, plumbers, mechanics, cleaning staff, quarry men, secretarial staff, labourers, translators and many other trades and skills, offered twice the normal island pay.The position of churches and chapels was not easy and while German ministers held military services in borrowed churches, where a German flag was placed over the altar, civilian services were open to all worshippers and many services took place attended by islanders, Germans and OT workers including Russians, praying, singing and taking communion together.Survival became increasingly hard with reduced rations and lack of fuel.
Guernsey police recorded the following cases:A total of around 4,000 islanders were sentenced for breaking laws during the five-year occupation, just over one per cent of the population per annum.Hoarding food and goods became an industry as rationing became stricter and shortages grew worse. Laws regarding registration of, and restrictions applied to, Jews were registered in the islands, which caused controversy after the war. Each category knew people they did not trust, others they did not like and yet others they treated as enemies: Punishment of the guilty served as a deterrent to others.The Germans used propaganda on the islanders. The reasons for these letters may well be personal rather than acts of collaboration. Shops did not hold stocks back for locals until later in the war.A few businesses decided to work for the Germans. Family and Personal Collections A few lived "underground", hidden away from sight, they might be Jews, escaped OT workers, escaped convicts including those who undertook "resistance" activities, or even soldiers. German reaction was initially mild with warnings, then radios were confiscated from areas where the signs appeared, then men were required to stand guard duty in rotation all night for weeks to avoid a recurrence.Civilian crimes against Germans or German property were supposed to be referred to the German police, many instances were overlooked at some risk to the policemen involved. As regards Alderney however, a court case was recommended over the ill treatment and killing of the OT slave workers there.A higher percentage of civilians died in the islands per head of pre-war population than in the UK. The British, with the agreement of the German authorities, then agreed to the supply of Red Cross parcels to civilians.The British Joint War Organisation (The British Red Cross and Order of St John) working with the In January 1945 a plan was drafted by Generalleutenant Graf von Schmettow to hit back at the Americans occupying the Cherbourg peninsula. A complete mix were caught out after curfew with soldiers.The British commander after the liberation heard evidence from many people of collaboration. Images, GIFs and videos featured seven times a day. Jersey War Tunnels played a significant part in the research for the film, which is set in Jersey … Search the CIOS (Jersey) collection. The film, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society, is based on a 2008 novel. Unemployment in Jersey at Christmas 1940 was 2,400 men.Civilian buses were suspended in July 1940. Germans attended islanders' cricket matches, and cinemas were divided with separate areas allocated to Germans and civilians.Men and older women, as well as young girls, became friends with Germans.
The issue of islander collaboration with the Germans remained quiescent for many years, but was ignited in the 1990s with the release of wartime archives and the subsequent publication of a book titled Bunting's point was that the Channel Islanders "did not fight on the beaches, in the fields or in the streets. They had been ordered to do this by the On 8 August 1940, less than two months into the occupation, Sherwill's broadcast illustrated the difficulty for the islander government and citizens to co-operate—but stop short of collaborating—with their occupiers and to retain as much independence as possible from German rule.