Liberation After Night Deportation: A Jersey Family’s WWII Ordeal
Gloria Bullen, then 10, and her family from Gorey were deported in 1942 after Hitler ordered British Channel Islanders to be moved to Germany. They spent weeks at Biberach internment camp before being moved to Bad Wurzach castle, enduring scarce food, limited schooling, and isolation from locals. Food parcels from the Red Cross offered rare relief. Liberation came in 1945 when Gloria’s father saw tanks approaching; they returned to Jersey and later moved to Cornwall in 1954. The story highlights the personal toll of occupation and wartime shortages on the islands.