Meet the woman who stood up to the Germans when they took over her island! 🏝 #channelislands #ww2

In the summer of 1940, the Nazis invaded the British Channel Islands, which were under the jurisdiction of the UK. The Nazis treated the civilian population harshly, making life extremely difficult for the islanders. This video takes you on a journey to see how life was under Nazi occupation, and how the Channel Islands were affected. 🌎 Subscribe to Time Travels Here:

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[LaPetiteBoulin]

Wasn't she trying to prevent them from killing those around her? I don't know anything about it, but I assumed she was playing nice to save the people on the island, right?

[SalMinella]

It’s easy to criticize with benefit of hindsight but how would she have known from an occupied island in the English Channel what the NAZIs were up to elsewhere? All the communication was cut off.

[pagmonreal]

You should come visit some time! There is so much history here

[OstblockLatina]

All of the above was only possible, because the British unlike i.e. Jews, Roma, Sinti and Slavs, weren't considered by nazi Germany to be an inferior race of people. Basically, that woman and her natives enjoyed the special treatment owed to their ethnicity - something that was no merit of their own. Had the islander belonged to ny of the aforementioned nationalities, they would face deportation, enslavement and genocide before they would manage to count to five no matter what.