Description
Object description
Detailed and very informative ms journal (131pp) covering the period June 1940 - February 1942, kept by a man living on Jersey during the German occupation of the Channel Islands and recording local reactions to the news of the fall of France in June 1940, the state of Jersey's defences, the demilitarisation of the island and the ensuing panic as people head for the British mainland, the first German bombing raids on the island, the restrictions and regulations imposed by the Germans, contacts with and the behaviour of German troops, the increasing food and fuel shortages, acts of resistance by the local population, and anti-Jewish measures enforced by the Germans; together with a German 'Ausweis' (purpose unclear); also a short anecdotal ts memoir (6pp) by Fletcher's grand-daughter, recording her own experiences of life on Jersey during the war.
Content description
Detailed and very informative ms journal (131pp) covering the period June 1940 - February 1942, kept by a man living on Jersey during the German occupation of the Channel Islands and recording local reactions to the news of the fall of France in June 1940, the state of Jersey's defences, the demilitarisation of the island and the ensuing panic as people head for the British mainland, the first German bombing raids on the island, the restrictions and regulations imposed by the Germans, contacts with and the behaviour of German troops, the increasing food and fuel shortages, acts of resistance by the local population, and anti-Jewish measures enforced by the Germans; together with a German 'Ausweis' (purpose unclear); also a short anecdotal ts memoir (6pp) by Fletcher's grand-daughter, recording her own experiences of life on Jersey during the war.
History note
Cataloguer SWW
History note
Catalogue date 1994-11