The old gateposts to Lager Sylt on the island of Alderney, 2012. (CC BY-SA 2.0/ John Rostron)
A report compiled on Nazi concentration and death camps set up on the British Channel Islands during World War II that was uncovered in the Russian State Archives details some of the atrocities that led to the deaths of at least 700 people incarcerated at the sites.
Sections of the “Report on Atrocities Committed in Alderney, 1942-1945” were published Sunday by The Times newspaper in the UK.
The report was compiled by intelligence officer Captain Theodore Pantcheff for the British government after the Channel Island of Alderney was liberated in 1945 when Germany was defeated in the war.
The memo was written by intelligence officer Captain Theodore Pantcheff for the Government after the liberation of the Channel Islands following Nazi Germany s defeat in 1945.