The German Occupation of Jersey
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The German Occupation of Jersey

Agriculture and Survival in a Time of War

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The German Occupation of Jersey

Agriculture and Survival in a Time of War

About this book

On 1 July 1940 the Germans occupied Jersey and remained until the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. On Jersey, agriculture was the only economic activity left after the Germans arrived on the Island. It became the basis of Island life and, as the war wore on, the isolated Jersey became increasingly dependent on agriculture for its survival, particularly during near starvation in the winter of 1944. In this book local historian Andrew Gilson examines the relationship between the German Military Government and the civilian government and civil service on Jersey, and how they had to work together to ensure the Island's survival through its farming industry. Based on hundreds of original documents from Jersey, including those held by the Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society, other Channel Islands, Germany, France, Austria and elsewhere in Europe, the author reveals the complex relationship between the German occupiers, civilian authorities and the farming community. Accusations of collaboration and stories of sabotage, German exports of produce, the development of tobacco as a cash economy, the exploitation of Jersey cattle by Nazi scientists to create a new 'superbreed', German requisition of foodstuffs and the black market all played their part in this fascinating story. This groundbreaking and original study of the German occupation of Jersey will be of interest to all those wishing to know more about the history of Jersey as well as to military historians.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Establishment of a New Agricultural Model, 1940–45
  3. Chapter 1 Jersey Agriculture 1930–1940
  4. Chapter 2 The German Military Occupation of Jersey 1940–1945 and the Jersey Pedigree Breed of Cattle
  5. Chapter 3 The German Military Importation of Continental Cattle into Occupied Jersey and the Effect on the Jersey Pedigree Breed, 1940–1945
  6. Chapter 4 The First Four Months of the German Occupation, July to October 1940
  7. Chapter 5 November 1940 to May 1941
  8. Chapter 6 June to December 1941
  9. Chapter 7 January – February – March 1942
  10. Chapter 8 April – May – June 1942
  11. Chapter 9 July – August – September 1942
  12. Chapter 10 October – November – December 1942
  13. Chapter 11 January – February – March 1943
  14. Chapter 12 April – May – June 1943
  15. Chapter 13 The Jersey Cattle Show of 1943 – Collaborator or Competitor?
  16. Chapter 14 July to October 1943
  17. Chapter 15 November 1943 to April 1944
  18. Chapter 16 May to November 1944
  19. Chapter 17 December 1944 to 8th May 1945
  20. Postscript The Liberation
  21. Appendix 1 Field Command 515 Headquarters, College House
  22. Appendix 2 Firing Range, Egypt
  23. Appendix 3 Firing Range Requisitioned by the German Army, Egypt
  24. Appendix 4 Map of the Proposed Requisition of 23 Farms by the German Military in August 1942
  25. Glossary