Bonus: Life In Occupied Sark - “They put the bayonet through my toy panda”

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The Guernsey Deportees

Channel Islands Podcasts

12 episodes

5 days ago

A little-known story of wartime resilience. Hear the stories of the last remaining Guernsey deportees. 80 years ago a group of Channel islanders were forced to abandon their homes during WW2, and were sent on Hitler’s orders to Biberach interment camp. Ollie Guillou speaks to his Grandma about the 3 long years she spent in the camp. He’s also joined by three other deportees and two historians, who help chart the life-altering journey these Guernsey people went on, all those years ago. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1395666

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Bonus: Life In Occupied Sark - “They put the bayonet through my toy panda”

The Guernsey Deportees

29 minutes 4 seconds

6 months ago

Bonus: Life In Occupied Sark - “They put the bayonet through my toy panda”

**This is a bonus episode. If you've not tuned in before, I recommend you start at Episode 1**

⚡ Maisie Le Page was just a young girl when the Germans arrived on her small home island of Sark. Little did she know that her father, the island’s baker, would also come to be part of, and sent to prison for his involvement in a covert news operation.

💡 In this special bonus episode of the podcast Maisie explores her earliest memories of the occupation in Sark, the fear she felt when her toy panda bear was pierced by a bayonet, and some of the more lighthearted moments. She also shares some of the mementos she’s kept as a reminder of what happened.

🔎 I met Maisie while producing The Dementia Perspective for the Guernsey Alzheimer’s Association. It’s well worth a listen - click here to listen.

📍 Your host is Ollie Guillou. This is a Channel Islands Podcasts production.

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