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thank you been watching Enermy at the Door on TPTV about the occupation

Very interesting video thank you for sharing

Thank you for an interesting interview. Although Vega, the Red Cross ship's name was pronounced "Veega" by the Islanders, she was Swedish and I think it would have been pronounced "Vee-e-ga" by her owners and crew. I think there was one Red Cross parcel per person, not one per family. This is confirmed in Keith Taylor's book "A Tribute to the ss Vega" where he says: "One food parcel was to be distributed each month to each man, woman and child." As Bill says, it was a long time ago.

What insightful questions

I loved these interviews with your grandfather/ what a great man ….

Mum and dad were from jersey and went through the occupation, heard many stories of just trying to survive from dad...

excellent story thanks from Washington state

Thank you for posting this. I cried thru parts....

Yes thank your that but very worrying at the amount of collaboration that went on. The Head of the Gestapo was asked if he had to torture any prisoners to get information. He responded that he simply had to open his mail each day and he knew exactly what was happening on the island!

Got to be honest its reallty hard to fault the collaborators when they where just trying to eat a little better and as he points out their food situation was really bad. people will do just about anything when starvation it the only altenative.

Well..... l guess the man can see in to the future. Regarding his words about Afghanistan.

He HA s a BRETON name Born in the sea MOR SEA ..

This is superb, upmost respect to your family.

My grandmother whose name was Sophia Bodman was born in Quebec. My father told me that her people came from the Channel Islands. This is an interesting interview.

What a wonderful story and eloquent speaker. One thing I am curious about was what happened to the German soldiers on liberation day. It sounds like the terrible ones would have had something coming to them.

This is a truly wonderful interview, I've only just recently learned about the channel islands and the occupation, this is some of the only primary source I've been able to find.

a great history lesson thank you bill

Fascinating interview. Glad I found this video - thanks for posting it.

Jersey people need to democratise Thier Island to make sure it never happens again.

Extremely interesting, love Jersey

Fascinating. Thank you, Bill.

We've had many decades of discrepency with the Brits, but a Great people

Thank you so much for this. Looking for part 2 now.

Lovely gentleman with wonderful stories to tell. Thank you to you both for sharing .

Thank You, for this interview, it was so interesting to listen to Your Grandfather, who lived through the occupation! Both of You did a great job.

thanks for posting a fascinating interview. he meant of course 6th june for d-day not 6th february.

I loved this interview ! Your grandfather is such a great storyteller. Thank you for putting this video up for the rest of us to enjoy . I was a teacher for over 30 years and truly believe the best lessons are those shared from personal experience. As this generation fast disappears , it’s all the more important to record these kinds of first hand experiences.

Just back from Holiday in Jersey and found this video brilliant. Thank you Bill.

Bill provides some fascinating memories. He is so right about food deprivation, when you've experienced it, you never forget, particularly the taste of suddenly eating well produced food after putting up with bad quality for a prolonged period, bread and butter particularly. One amusing anecdote. During my time in Jersey my resident landlady, who was present during the whole occupation, remembered (with a slight twinkle in her eye) being chased up St Helier Hill by a an overweight, lusty Nazi. She escaped, but it was the nearest experience she had with a man, apparently. She remained a spinster, and scolded me harshly for burning out her oven after trying to clean it.

Nice job Louise. Well Done Bill. Very interesting first-hand knowledge of occupation in the Channel Islands. Thanks for posting.

What a wonderful and interesting interview to give understanding of the life on the Channel Islands during such a time of WWII. I just finished watching the 26 episodes of "The Enemy at the Door," a fascinating fictional series, based on the occupation on the Isle of Guernsey. The portrayals and characterizations of the community and the Germans seemed to fit with the conditions described in this interview of Mr. Morvan. Thank you.

Thank you for uploading this so interesting to hear from someone who lived through occupation

Wow this is such an interesting interview. It’s interesting to hear about the occupation of jersey, there is not too much about it online! I’m glad his story will remain online for everyone to see and live on forever.

I'm reading The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society novel and wanted a little more info on what actually happened on the Channel Islands during the war. Thanks for this!

Thank you Louise and Bill. I live in Australia, but grew up here with my grandfather from Guernsey. He managed to come here and join the Anzacs to fight, but other family members stayed in Guernsey during the occupation. However, getting much information from my grandfather regarding the war was very difficult. Our family over there are the Paints and have or had the jewelry shop in the main street of Peter's Port. I will be making my way over there in the coming years to find what family I still may have there and unearth as much history as I can. Your making this film has filled some gaps I have wanted to know for a long time. By the way, I do want to see the phone sets :)

I was on Jersey during the Occupation, aged 11-16, and can confirm all that Bill said. I live in Canada now, otherwise I would invite Louise to interview me. A great video, thanks BNill and Louise.

I think that it’s just in kids’ natures to view events like the occupation as somewhat of an adventure. I bet his parents were fit to be tied when he was caught nicking the wood! 10, 11, 12-year-old boys are fearless by nature, aren’t they? It made me sad to hear that the occupation disrupted so many people’s educational path. Man, this really was the greatest generation, wasn’t it? Sacrifice just came second nature to them. So glad you you recorded your grandpa’s story - such a unique narrative, and one that deserved to be preserved.

Very interesting. What a wonderful story. Thank you

Brilliant interview. I have just been watching the dramatization of the occupation - Enemy At The Door (1978). The drama raises some questions concerning the geo-political motivation. Namely that the island as English territory was to be used as a way of getting to know the people and culture, before the invasion of Britain, as William did in 1066.

Amazing, thank you for such an interesting video.

Dear Bill and Louise, Thank you so very much for this. My father was stationed in St. Hellier during the occupation. He was a radio operator with the German Navy. After the war he was taken to be a prisoner of war in Devizes, Wiltshire. He decided that he didn't want to return to Germany, became a "dairyman" on a farm just outside of Wroughton and met my mother. He would never talk much about the war except to say that the people of Jersey were kind to him. He died in 2000. Finally back in Germany but a British Citizen. On his behalf, I would like to thank you.

Surprised the British didn't have a garrison there, no more than 12,000 Germans were on the Channel Islands...could've sent a part of V British Corps, in 1940 they were in England twiddling their thumbs at the time as part of Southern Command. Not to be though.

Thanks for this video, really helping me write my dissertation. Great video one of the few on Occupied Jersey.

German ration bread tended to be Rye Bread. The Bailliff was Lord Coutanche. The milk was called KLIM (MILK backwards) Thank you for a superb piece of Social History.

The thing that upset Hitler was the first Commando raid on the Island's. The Communist was the very much respected, Norman Le Brocq. The German's swore blind there had been no Gestapo in the Islands. Technically they were the Feild Gehime Politzie, the Secret Field Police, as Mr Morvan says, not a lot of choose bettwen them.

What a wonderful idea 'I wish I had done this with my Grandfather , well done you have preserved a very interesting piece of History. He comes across as a really interesting man.

Thanks for sharing your grand fathers recollections.

Fantastic vid! What a lovely chap. Brilliant stories, what a brave man. I was born on Jersey and now live on the mainland. I returned two years ago as an adult for the first time to celebrate liberation day! Brilliant place, brave people! We must never forget what the islands went through! Thank you for uploading this valuable history xx

I was very interested in the Channel Islands during WW2 and I found this video and your grandpa experience made my day. The interview is very informative and entertaining 🙂

How has this great interview got a thumb down? Very interesting video. I love Jersey and it's history. Good work!