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Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 2, Page 29. Includes newscuttings from the Evening Post, and a cigarette packet for Mazedonisch cigarettes.

Reference: L/C/306/A/2/29

Date: 3 July 1941 - 4 July 1941

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 2, Page 32. Includes newscuttings from the Evening Post of notices, orders, articles and advertisements in the Exchange and Mart column.

Reference: L/C/306/A/2/32

Date: 10 July 1941 - 16 July 1941

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 2, Page 34. Includes newscuttings from the Evening Post of notices, orders and an article concerning gas consumption.

Reference: L/C/306/A/2/34

Date: 19 July 1941 - 23 July 1941

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 2, Page 46. Includes newscuttings from the Evening Post of notices, orders and announcements concerning rations.

Reference: L/C/306/A/2/46

Date: 9 August 1941 - 18 August 1941

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 2, Page 47. Includes newscuttings from the Evening Post of notices, orders and advertisements published in the Exchange and Mart column.

Reference: L/C/306/A/2/47

Date: 18 August 1941 - 21 August 1941

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 4, Page 24. Includes newscuttings of orders and notices published in the Evening Post.

Reference: L/C/306/A/4/24

Date: 4 May 1942 - 9 May 1942

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 4, Page 25. Includes newscuttings of orders published in the Evening Post, and copies of orders and notices published in the Official Journal of the German Military Authority in France (VOBIF).

Reference: L/C/306/A/4/25

Date: 20 March 1942 - 9 May 1942

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 4, Page 27. Includes copies of orders and notices published in the Official Journal of the German Military Authority in France (VOBIF), and newscuttings of orders and notices published in the Evening Post.

Reference: L/C/306/A/4/27

Date: 18 March 1942 - 13 May 1942

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 4, Page 29. Includes: a programme for a production of The Maitlands at the Opera House signed by members of the cast and crew; newscuttings of notices published in the Evening Post; and five fines, each for one Reichsmark.

Reference: L/C/306/A/4/29

Date: 11 May 1942 - 16 May 1942

Scrapbook kept by Helene Marie Sinnatt, née Jackson, during the Occupation. Book 6, Page 64. Includes newscuttings of articles published in the Evening Post regarding the Granville raid by a German raiding force from the Channel Islands on the night of 8-9 March 1945.

Reference: L/C/306/A/6/64

Date: 10 March 1945 - 19 March 1945

Letter in German and English Translation from Colonel Graf Von Schmettow to all distributors, with copies to the States of Jersey, the Forum Cinema, West's Cinema, the Opera House. The letter relates that the behaviour of German troops is prejudicial to the reputation of German forces. He writes that some time ago a large number of soldiers took without entrance tickets, seats which the British civil population had booked in advance

Reference: L/C/314/A1/50

Date: 17 August 1941

Report by the Former German Commander of the Channel Islands, General Graf von Schmettow entitled 'The Channel Islands: Preparation of the defence against the invasion and during the invasion till the surrender.'

Reference: L/D/25/A/82

Date: 1 April 1948 - 25 May 1948

Album containing correspondence, 'A catalogue of German captured ground material to be sold at public auction' by Harold G Benest, an article from 'Soldier' magazine regarding the Granville Raid by the Germans, an article from the Jersey Evening Post entitled 'The Fuehrer: A Short Biography of a Genius who Reforms Europe', details of the nomenclature of radio sets of the German army, report on occupation diseases, various German orders, recollections of Captain Malcolm Ferguson, Senior Medical Officer of Task Force 135, pictures of german medals and awards, photocopy of a report by Major General Graf von Schmettow on the state of the defence of the Channel Islands during the Occupation, copy and translation of a christmas magazine from 144 produced by Panzer Abteilung 213 and reports on the execution of François Marie Scornet.

Reference: L/D/25/D1/5

Date: 1941 - 1995

German Green Books and Related Photographs - photographs of German defences marked 'Green Books' are from official German sources and were taken by 319 Division Map Making Section during the closing months of 1944. Generalmajor Graf von Schmettow ordered the compilation of a complete record of the wartime defences and the result was a collection of books entitled 'Taktische Ubersichten der Festungshereich Jersey' (A Tactical Review of the Fortress Area Jersey). In 1948 a set of these books were given to the Société Jersiaise by the War Office and came to be nicknamed the 'Green Books' by virtue of their cover. In 1975 the Channel Islands Occupation Society were given a complete set of the original 35mm contact prints which was used to make up the 'Green Books' and this series is the result.

Reference: L/D/25/F1

Green Books-Album 1. Includes photographs of the defences of Jersey in Defence Sector South which encompasses St Helier, the Harbour, Bel Royal, La Collette, the Esplanade, West Park, First Tower, Millbrook, St Aubin, Beaumont and Beau Rivage, Defence Sector North which encompasses Sorel, Bonne Nuit, Les Platons, Bouley Bay, Rozel, Fliquet and Archirondel and Defence Sector East which encompasses La Hougue Bie, Gorey, La Rocque and Rocqueberg

Reference: L/D/25/F1/1

Date: 1940 - 1945

Green Books-Album 2. Includes photographs of the defences of Jersey in Defence Sector West which encompasses Le Fret Point, Oak Walk, St Peter, Mont Fallu, Elizabeth Avenue, La Moye, Corbiere, La Pulente, St Ouen's Bay, Les Brayes, St Peter's Barracks, Ville au Bas, L'Etacquerel, Les Landes, Plemont, Greve de Lecq and a selection of tanks.

Reference: L/D/25/F1/2

Date: 1940 - 1945

Channel Islands Occupation Society Album 5. Photographs relating to the German Occupation of the Channel Islands which include: portraits of German commanders and infantrymen, Hotels in Jersey, a machine gun battalion, soldiers travelling by sea in between Jersey and Guernsey, the German surrender to Allied Forces at the end of the Second World War, German fortifications, defences and guns in Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, restoration work carried out by the CIOS helped by the Territorial Army, and the original German Navy flag from the Pomme d'Or Hotel.

Reference: L/D/25/F7/5

Date: 1937 - 2001

Patrick Bouchere talks about his newspaper collection, which he started collecting in 1975, to the Channel Islands Occupation Society. He mentions Items of interest within the collection and a summary of what was in the Evening Posts for 5 years. Talks of the condition of his newspapers and storage that they were kept within. Deterioration led to photocopies being made. Praise for Evening Posts, continuing to publish throughout almost the entire occupation. Going through years and picking out amusing, upsetting and interesting stories. These include that of Ellen Baker who collected 3000 cigarettes for HMS Jersey in 1939, story of people in internment camps including brother in law Michael Ginns, propaganda during the occupation through the Evening Post. Fires at Maison Charles, Bel Royal and St Ouen's Manor that the Germans helped to extinguish, burial of air force personnel during the occupation, signing of german orders, Graf von Schmettow, dwindling of number of pages in Evening Posts as a result of a lack of paper, weeklys returned soon after occupation, German orders, size of newspapers, exchange and mart columns. Talks of the changes in Jersey and lists names of companies that hadn't changed since the occupation, preparations for war, bombing by the Germans in Channel Islands, raising of income tax, closure of shops to take stock, price fixing by States, new pictorial stamps in Jersey for the first time, selling of salt and hot water in 1944, Granville Raid by the German soldiers from Jersey, events at the liberation, return of Francois Scornet's body to France, Red Cross Letters. Questions about collection of electric fires, cuttings of newspapers, printing of newspapers, collection of salt water, funerals, collectors of Evening Posts

Reference: L/D/25/L/6

Talk by Willi Hagedorn, german naval signals officer, on the German raid of Granville to the Channel Islands Occupation Society [Guernsey]. Talk includes reference to the situation on the French coast in 1944 and the defences used by St Malo and the island of Cezembre, the surrender of St Malo but the maintenance of the post at Cezembre, the weapons on Cezembre, a mission to Cezembre to re-establish contact and givem them new supplies, the permission of Huffmeier to surrender Cezembre, the use of a different island as an observation post, the escape of 5 German POWS to this island and then to Jersey and Guernsey, Huffmeier asking the German soldiers if a raid on Granville would be possible, idea passed to Graf von Schmettow, the plan in full-the objective to take a coal ship and tow it back to the Channel Islands and to take American officers captive, the cancellation of the first raid in February 1945, second raid on Granville planned for the follwing month, the result of the raid-55 german prisoners rescued and a dozen American officers captured, cranes destroyed and a coal ship captured, Hagedorn's opinion why the operation was successful. Questions asked by the audience concerning whether an American ship was sunk, the American officers taken prisoner, street fighting in Granville, resistance, how the first went undetected, lack of reaction, a third raid that was planned, how many men got ashore, who was manning the lighthouse, where Hagedorn was during the two raids, where the ships left from, the amount of ships involved, whether anyone knew the proximity of the SHAEF Headquarters, the availability of aircraft for reconnaissance, how many radio stations there were in Guernsey, the different transmitters used by the german navy and army and equivalent stations in Jersey. Hagedorn continues to talk of a third raid carried out by the army on Cherbourg to blow up a railway bridge, leaving in April 1945, moving to Cherbourg to undertake the mission but failing to do so. Officer in command failed and so mission failed. Questions on how the troops were dressed, guns from Alderney firing on peninsula, vehicles guns were moved on, the location of a ship during the occupation and receiving messages from Berlin.

Reference: L/D/25/L/23

1) Talk by Stanhope Landick, school teacher from 1935, on education to the Channel Islands Occupation Society. Introduction by the Channel Islands Occupation Society President. Talks about his time at St Ouen's Central School under Mr A A H Downerat the start of the occupation, moving to the Intermediate School in Brighton Road in September 1941, his memories of St Ouen including the lack of nourishment for the pupils, Mr Downer's decision to start teaching german, experience of the Germans, a father of a pupil being shot dead for being out after curfew and the execution fo Francois Scornet, question of teaching german, the problem of heating, health of pupils, sport, talks of pupils that he remembers that are prominent in island life, an article that he had written, the demilitarisation of the Channel Islands and the evacuation, the actions of the Bailiff, Alexander Coutanche, men of military agebeing examined, books about education during the occupation, the story of Louisa Gould and Harold Le Druillenec, the States being formed into the Superior Council, the Education Committee, the air raid and arrival of the Germans, memories of other people, soup taken around schools, selling of salt water, milk for children, fundraisers for the Children's Benefit Fund, the visit of Graf von Schmettow in 1965 and a visit to the graves at Howard Davis Park, how they felt about von Schmettow, a meeting with Alexander Coutanche in 1970, making german compulsory, Victoria College, members of the Education Committee, visits by german officers, prize giving, raising of the school leaving age to 15, number of people who were in education during the occupation , the ease of getting out of the island after the occupation but difficulty in getting back in and the confiscation of radios. Questions about the hostages that were taken by the Germans, those who taught german, school children's diet, a particular teacher, Victoria College, a poem he wrote about the SS Vega and the Red Cross. Dixie Landick then talks about his life, his job of translating for the Germans, being involved as a translator for Graf von Schmettow he came to Jersey in 1965 and was interviewed by Channel Television, explaining how the interview took place. He plays the interview in which Graf von Schmettow answers questions concerning why he became a soldier, his thoughts on the Nazi party, how he came to be in the Channel Islands, his expectations of the local population, slave workers working for Organisation Todt on the fortifications, deportations, the refusal of a surrender proposal, consequences of German victory and what made him decide to come back to the Channel Islands. 2) Noises from the working of a mill (?)-with photographs being taken.

Reference: L/D/25/L/34

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