German Occupation Museum

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>German Occupation Museum - Guernsey</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/reset.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <script src="js/jquery-1.6.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/superfish.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/jquery.color.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/jquery.easing.1.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/easyTooltip.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/tms-0.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/tms_presets.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/script.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="js/cufon-yui.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <style type="text/css"> .style2 { margin-bottom: 12px; text-align: left; } .style3 { text-align: left; color: #717171; } </style>   </head> <body id="page1">  <header class="header"> <div class="row-1"> <div class="main"> <h1><a href="index.html">German Occupation Muesum</a></h1> <nav> <ul class="sf-menu"> <li class="mains"><a class="mains" href="index.html"><span><span>Home</span></span></a></li> <li><a class="mains" href="index-2.html"><span><span>Occupation</span></span></a></li> <li><a class="mains" href="index-3.html"><span><span>Featured Items</span></span></a> <li class="last"><a class="mains" href="index-5.html"><span><span>Contacts</span></span></a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="row-2"> <div class="main"> <div class="slider-top"> <div class="slider-bottom"> <div class="slider-left"> <div class="slider-right"> <div class="slider-top-left"> <div class="slider-top-right"> <div class="slider-bottom-right"> <div class="slider-bottom-left"> <div class="slider"> <ul class="items"> <li> <img src="images/slide-5.jpg" alt=""> <div class="banner"> <h3 class="big">Occupation Street</h3> <p class="title"> Re-created shop frontages depicting a street in St Peter Port between 1940 - 1945. Many orginal artifacts on on display making this a truly unique area of the museum.</p> <p>Image: J De Garais </p> </div> </li> <li> <img src="images/slide-2.jpg" alt=""> <div class="banner"> <h3 class="big">Bombing of the Harbour</h3> <p class="title"> On the 28th June 1940 St Peter Port harbour was bombed by German aricraft resulting in the death of 33 civilians and injury of many more. The attack saw 49 vehicles damaged or destroyed, the majority of which were lorries filled with tomatoes waiting to be exported. </p> </div> </li> <li> <img src="images/slide-3.jpg" alt=""> <div class="banner"> <h3 class="big">Evacuation or Deportation</h3> <p class="title"> Thousands of islanders were faced with the choice of evacuation or an unknown future. Between 19th and 21st June 1940 saw the evacuation of just over 25,000 people from the Channel Islands many of them children who would be separated from their parents for five years. </p> </div> </li> <li> <img src="images/slide-4.jpg" alt=""> <div class="banner"> <h3 class="big">Fortifications</h3> <p class="title"> Under the direct orders from Hitler Guernsey was to become an Impregnable Fortress and work commenced on the building of fortifications. This example shows a bunker disguised as a house. </p> </div> </li> <li> <img src="images/slide-1.jpg" alt=""> <div class="banner"> <h3 class="big">Liberation</h3> <p class="title"> On 9th May the 1945 the Islands were finally liberated from the occupying German forces, thousands of people lined the streets of St Peter Port to welcome the British forces. The unconditional surrender had been signed just hours before this photo was taken. </p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header>  <section id="content"> <div class="container_12"> <div class="main"> <div class="padding"> <div class="wrapper separator"> <div class="wrapper separator-1"> <article class="grid_4"> <div class="wrapper aligncenter"> <div class="col-pad"> <h2><span lang="en-gb">30th June 1940</span></h2> <h4><span lang="en-gb">occupied by german forces</span></h4> <p class="title2"> The first German aircraft arrived at Guernsey Airport on the 30th June this marked the beginning of the Occupation. <br> </p> <a class="button" href="index-2.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="grid_4"> <div class="wrapper aligncenter"> <div> <img alt="" src="images/tripadvisor.png"><br> <br>  <a class="button" href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186229-d1862422-Reviews-German_Occupation_Museum-Guernsey_Channel_Islands.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="grid_4 omega"> <div class="wrapper aligncenter"> <div class="col-pad"> <h2><span lang="en-gb">9th May 1945</span></h2> <h4><span lang="en-gb">Liberated from German Forces</span></h4> <p class="title2"> British Force 135 had arrived and the Germans had surrendered, Occupation had lasted for five long years. </p> <a class="button" href="index-2.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-row"> <div class="tail-top"> <div class="tail-bot"> <div class="container_12"> <div class="main"> <div class="padding-3"> <div class="wrapper aligncenter"> <h3 class="p0 fleft">A<span lang="en-gb">bout </span>the Museum</h3> <h4 class="style2"> </h4> <h4 class="style2"> </h4> <div class="style3"> <span lang="en-gb">The German Occupation Museum is located on the small island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands and is owned and operated by Richard Heaume. It all began when Richard the schoolboy began collecting spent bullets in the local fields after the plough had gone by. In June 1966 Richard`s parents allowed him to use the cottage opposite their house to display his collection, bit-by-bit, purpose-built extensions to the small farming cottage, starting in 1976 with the transport corridor and tea room, in 1987 with the superb Occupation Street, and more recently in 2001 a further small extension housing a thought-provoking prison with information about the islands deportees and the tragic story of the Jewess taken away to the Nazi's Auschwitz concentration camp. The museum is now an extensive collection of original Occupation items and documents including many extremely rare pieces. <br></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container_12"> <div class="main"> <div class="padding-2"> <div class="title-pad"> <div class="wrapper"> <h3 class="p0 fleft">At the Museum</h3> <a class="link-1 fright" href="index-3.html">See all</a> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="col-1 spacing"> <div class="wrapper spacing-bot1"> <div class="box-pad"> <div class="box"> <div class="box-padding"> <img class="title1" src="images/1page_img1.jpg" alt=""> <h4 class="p0">Renault FT-17 Tank Turret</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="indent-bot1"> The Germans used captured French weapons including the Renault FT-17 tank turret in many places around the island to defend junctions of roads. </p> <a class="button-1" href="index-3.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> <div class="col-1 spacing"> <div class="wrapper spacing-bot1"> <div class="box-pad"> <div class="box"> <div class="box-padding"> <img class="title1" src="images/1page_img2.jpg" alt=""> <h4 class="p0">Communication Limber</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="indent-bot1"> Salvaged from one of the many tunnels used after the war to dispose of unwanted materials and is now on display in the museum. </p> <a class="button-1" href="index-3.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> <div class="col-1"> <div class="wrapper spacing-bot1"> <div class="box-pad"> <div class="box"> <div class="box-padding"> <img class="title1" src="images/1page_img3.jpg" alt=""> <h4 class="p0">Anti-Tank Gun</h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="indent-bot1"> The Germans utilised captured guns which they mounted in bunkers around the island. This 4.7cm Pak 36(t) is considerd one of the finest on display. </p> <a class="button-1" href="index-3.html"><span><span>read more</span></span></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>  <div class="main"> <footer> <div class="wrapper title2"> <ul class="footer-menu"> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="index-2.html"><span lang="en-gb">OCCUPATION</span></a></li> <li><a href="index-3.html"><span lang="en-gb">Featured Items</span></a></li> <li><a href="index-5.html">Contacts</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="text-bot"><span lang="en-gb">(C) German Occupation Museum </span> <span lang="en-gb">    Website Design by Steve Powell</span></div> </footer> </div>

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