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The Channel Island with a dark Nazi past: How the Holocaust happened on British soil after the Germans occupied Alderney in 1940 and sent thousands to their deaths in horror labour camps - as inquiry to probe full extent of atrocities

Upon the declaration of war in Europe the 1,500 residents of the island knew implicitly life was about to change - but none could have predicted what was to come.

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Nazis killed more than 1,000 people in WW2 death camps during their occupation of Alderney, inquiry reveals

For decades, official accounts have said only 389 of the 4,000 slave labourers shipped by Nazi Germany to the island during the war perished.

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Over 1,000 people died in Alderney concentration camps, inquiry will reveal this week

The newly revealed death toll is more than double the official figure believed for decades

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Over 1000 killed on British soil in UK-based Nazi concentration camps

Nazi occupiers set up at least four camps in Alderney, part of the UK’s territory, in 1941. Two of the camps were turned into concentration camps.

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Nazi death camp on British soil - full truth of horror on Alderney revealed after 80 years

Gordon Prigent is believed to be one of just four Channel Island residents who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Alderney, which was under German control during the Second World War

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