LIBERATION DAY

Four weeks to go!

With the 81st anniversary of Liberation Day now just four weeks away, Express has rounded up what’s planned and where…

Although many of us will have heard countless stories about life during the Occupation, being evacuated, deported or serving in the military, there are always so many more to be shared… Read our special edition magazine here.

Your Top Five – the stories hounding you this week

“Let me ‘tentertain’ you” – performers wanted for Liberation Day tea tent

Does firing the Noon-Day Gun on Liberation Day sound like a blast?

Older islanders will be treated to Liberation Day Hampers again

FOCUS: From stained glass to snaps of Guernsey – a German sailor’s story

eBay photo album was “treasure trove” full of German sailor’s Channel Islands photos

LIBERATION PODCASTS

LISTEN: From Occupation to celebrating Liberation Day with music

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LISTEN: Meet a Guernsey man who spent five years under Nazi occupation

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LISTEN: “He was one of the great Jersey men of his generation”

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LISTEN: Spanning the generational gap for Liberation Day

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Alderney’s Occupation story shared on the big screen

Alderney’s Occupation story will be played out on the big screen from today with the Mallard showing ‘The Ghosts of Alderney – Hitler’s Island Slaves’. Artist Piers Secunda’s film, produced by Wild Dog Films, shares the stories of some of…

Top-secret ‘Operation Nestegg’ plans up for auction

A dusty, forgotten copy of the unused military plan for the liberation of the Channel Islands is going up for auction, having been discovered in a cardboard box 80 years after…

80th Liberation celebrations immortalised in print

A commemorative photo book celebrating Guernsey’s 80th Liberation Day in 2025 is now available for the public to purchase. The book, put together by the States of Guernsey, features powerful images…

German bunker conversion nominated for international award

A former German bunker which has been restored into a modern home could be named the conversion of the year, in an awards ceremony later this month. Bunker Six Eighty One, a three bedroom home in what once was a 12-soldier personnel bunker at Rocquaine, was designed by A7 Architecture…

‘Deep intrusive survey’ to look for WWII bombs

Fields along Route Isabelle could give up their explosive Occupation secrets this year. A contractor has been appointed to carry out a ‘deep intrusive survey’ to look for bombs buried there since the early 1940s. Bomb disposal expert Ben Remfrey has been pushing for the fields to be excavated to…