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Life in Occupied Guernsey - The Diaries of Ruth Ozanne 1940-1945 (Paperback, New)
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Life in Occupied Guernsey - The Diaries of Ruth Ozanne 1940-1945 (Paperback, New)
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The diaries of Ruth Ozanne give us a remarkable eyewitness account
of daily life during the German occupation of Guernsey from 1940 to
1945. At the beginning of the occupation, there is an atmosphere of
good-humoured defiance on the Island. The relatively few German
soldiers are on their best behaviour and the Islanders are
bolstered by a stream of optimistic rumours. Life gradually
darkens, however, as vastly more arms and troops arrive, supported
by Organisation Todt labourers, to make the Island part of Hitler's
Atlantic Wall. Luxuries quickly disappear and severe food shortages
make the struggle to survive considerably tougher. Periodic RAF
raids and German artillery shatter the grim peace. The black market
thrives while foreign labourers beg for food. There are
deportations and many privations. Towards the end, both the
Islanders and the occupying army are starving. Through it all, Ruth
meticulously records the rumours, the rations, the scandals, the
trials and the tribulations of life under the Nazis as she and her
friend and housekeeper Florence battle to care for their home,
their elderly relatives and 'gallant' Garry - Ruth's Highland
Terrier. She writes with a dry wit and her diaries are testament to
the resilience, resourcefulness and humanity of Guernsey people
during the Second World War.
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