Today on Armistice Day we are publishing the second issue of ED.EM.02 - Occupation at leisure 1940-44. The occupation and subsequent liberation of Jersey in 1945 are key events in the recent shared history of Islanders. The suffering of locals as well as the military and political prisoners brought to the Island as forced labour is well documented, and it is within that context that we take a look at photographs produced by the Occupiers themselves. A selection of images presented here for the first time are held in the Pelz Collection at Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise showing German soldiers at leisure.
It was great working on this issue with fellow editor Patrick Cahill and we thank everyone who have been involved in making this issue, especially Alan Allix and Andrew Gilson for sharing their research of the German Field Command 515 and writing a short text about Major Egon Pelz and other Staff Officers in the civil administration.
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