In 1940, Germany invaded the British Channel Islands, including the tiny isle of Sark, the home of Dame Sibyl Hathaway. Warplanes flew over the defenseless islands, dropping bombs and killing several ...

In 1946, the British garrison welcomed the returning residents of Alderney, who had evacuated prior to the Nazi occupation in 1940. Francis Reiss / Picture Post / Hulton Archive / Getty Images In much ...

A Nazi concentration camp on one of the British Channel Islands was the site of terrible atrocities that were downplayed in official reports after the end of World War II. Now, a new investigation ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article misstated the year that John Max Finkelstein moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands. It was 1931, not 1925. The article also misstated Finkelstein’s age ...