The service in Bad Wurzach cemetery is to mark the 75th anniversary of the day French tanks tore down the barbed wire and freed the camp in the centre of town A group of former internees had planned to mark the day on a return visit this week, but it had to be cancelled because of coronavirus. 600 islanders called the camp home between September 1942 and April 1945. They had immediate family links to the UK and were deemed a risk to occupying forces in Jersey. German soldiers ordered them to gather at the Weighbridge, where they were shipped to France and put on a train to Germany to be held in camps. First, the Jersey contingent were held in Biberach, and six months later moved on to Bad Wurzach. Tony Barnett was just a seven-year-old boy when he made the journey with his mother and father. Russian slaves had been held in the camp before and it was filthy. It was messy when we got there. It was awful. I remember my mum crying her eyes out. On 28 April 1945, French troops drove into Bad Wurzach and as they approached the camp inside the imposing castle, the German guards surrendered. One of the internees, who spoke fluent French, rushed outside to explain who they were and the rescuers pulled down the wire surrounding the camp. Boy oh boy, what a day that was? The guards were all dispersing and all of a sudden these tanks appeared. All of us inside were looking out at what was happening and they [the French soldiers] came up to the wire and you could see them talking and we all ran out to the wire and chatted to them Instead of the planned trip to Bad Wurzach by the former internees, representatives in Germany will lay flowers on the graves of those who died and those in Jersey will remember the day from their homes. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Arthouse Jersey's Liberation 80 exhibition will feature the work of four Jersey artists alongside archival materials collected by families. 'Structures & Memory (A Place Called Wurzach)' has been inspired by the memories and experiences of Jersey deportees. From the Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage, watercolour painting of the Hepburn family’s area of room 56 in the camp. Courtesy of the Channel Islands Occupation Society It recollects experiences of displacement, occupation and reconciliation of islanders who were sent to a prison camp in the small town of Wurzach in Southern Germany during World War II.. It features the work of four Jersey artists - composer Emily de Gruchy, documentary photographer Shan O’Donnell, sculptural and performance artists Oliver Le Gresley and Nicole Sheppard - alongside archival materials collected by the families of deportees to Bad Wurzach during the war. From the Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage, a series of signatures of internees entitled, 'Wurzach, 1942' by C. Tipping ArtHouse Jersey has worked closely with the St Helier Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft on the collection. It opens to the public on 1 May until 8 June at Capital House.  Credit: ITV Channel TVThe mayor of German town Bad Wurzach has flown over to Jersey to lay a wreath in memory of the islanders deported to an internment camp in the town during the Second World War More than 600 islanders were imprisoned in the camp between September 1942 and April 1945 They had immediate family in the UK and were deemed a risk to the occupying forces in Jersey The memorial service at Albert Pier was attended by a small delegation who heard devastating accounts of those who were sent away said: "It was hard for the internees to spend three years of their lives away from their homes and it was a sad time for us too in Bad Wurzach "But today we are very happy that we have friendship and that friendship has grown "We cannot take peace for granted and we have to work hard every day to make sure peace continues." Lola Garvin was one of the youngest islanders to be deported She told ITV Channel TV: "I grew up a toddler in the camp "It is so important to continue remembering and when I knew the mayoress wanted to come I knew I had to organise this ceremony." Camp survivor Lola Garvin speaks to ITV Channel TV Liberation Square was developed in 1995 to mark the 50th Anniversary of Jersey's Liberation To the north of the square stands the Pomme D’Or Hotel which was used by the Nazis as their Headquarters during the Occupation The hotel's original balcony was the focal point for celebrations when the island was liberated by British forces on May 9 At the centre of Liberation Square is Philip Jackson’s sculpture depicting a group holding the Union Flag at the centre of a fountain Twelve water jets in the pool symbolise Jersey's 12 parishes As the island celebrated Liberation 60 on May 9 2005 the man who originally draped the Union Flag from the Harbour Office in 1945 (now the Jersey Tourism office) again unfurled Great Britain's colours from the same window as he had 60 years previously The Liberation 60 celebrations were given a royal seal of approval with a visit from Her Majesty the Queen and HRH Prince Philip was once the new Railway Terminus for the Jersey Railway which ran from St Aubin and then later onwards to Corbière in St Brelade The railway closed in 1936 after the increase in the use of cars and coaches forced it out of business It was also from the rear of the Tourism Office that in 1942 over 1,000 people were deported to civilian internment camps in Germany English-born Jersey residents and their families were deported in a tit-for-tat manoeuvre following the capture of German nationals by British Forces A plaque can be seen on the Esplanade side of the building commemorating this event Most of the deportees were destined to be held at the Bad Wurzach camp in southern Germany for the remainder of the war Helier is twinned with Bad Wurzach and participates in a programme of cultural visits and exchanges designed to promote friendship A plaque can be seen on the Esplanade (northern) side of the building commemorating this event use the pedestrian crossing to reach the Steam Clock From here proceed along the footpath at the edge of the old harbour keeping Commercial Buildings on your left The path curves to circle the English Harbour on the other side of which you will find La Folie.. On your way to the next point take a look at the benches around the Old Harbour which bear the names of ships built in Jersey's shipyards