ALDERNEY — Look closely at this tiny, idyllic island: Victorian-era fortifications dot the wind-swept coastline. A concrete anti-tank wall disrupts a quiet beach. Overgrown greenery covers bunkers and ...
It was the barbed wire that made me sense that something evil had happened. Thick, coiled and with fierce barbs every inch or so, I found it in some undergrowth on Alderney, a British island that lies ...
The official UK government review into deaths on the Channel Island of Alderney under Nazi occupation revealed a death toll at least double the official figure accepted after liberation. Reporting ...
An artist found evidence of an 'execution wall' that sheds light on the Nazi occupation of a British island. Piers Secunda's exhibition, "Alderney: the Holocaust on British soil," opens in London on ...
In 1946, the British garrison welcomed the returning residents of Alderney, who had evacuated prior to the Nazi occupation in 1940. Francis Reiss / Picture Post / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In much ...
An archaeological dig has uncovered two ancient Roman coins, among other remains, on a small island that measures just 3 miles in length. The coins are a silver "Antoninianus" dated to A.D. 255 that ...
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