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A poignantly faithful and personal account of life during Jersey's Channel Island Occupation 1940-1945. Based upon the book Living with the Enemy by Roy McLoughlin.

A Green Eye Production in association with the Marie-Anthoine Film Fund and Jersey Tourism Development Fund. Inspired by Islanders who experienced the events, Living With The Enemy tells the real story of the Nazi Occupation of Jersey from its beginning in 1940 to its end in 1945.Through first-hand personal interviews and rare film footage shot at the time, the Documentary explores the wide-ranging effects that military occupation had upon the lives of those people forced to endure it. From both a social and historical perspective, Living With The Enemy is an important and informative addition to this unique chapter in the history of the Island and the Second World War in general. Based on the book 'Living with the Enemy' by Roy McLoughlin.—Julie Daly-Wallman and Roy McLoughlin

This documentary features survivors of the Nazi Occupation from 1940-45 telling their very moving and very personal story about growing up in the only part of the British Isles to suffer under German occupation during the Second World War. The film contains some rare never-before-seen footage taken by the local inhabitants at the time -- and under threat of death if they were found out. Of Jersey's 97,000 population at the time, nearly one third were evacuated before the Germans arrived in 1940. During the next two years 2,200 were forcibly sent to internment camps in Germany. The remaining 66,000 were occupied by a total of 28,500 German troops -- more than one soldier for every three Islanders. 4,000 people were imprisoned on the Island and more than 600 were sent to concentration camps in Germany, France and Poland. More than 13,600 foreign workers were brought to the Island as slave labour and more than 600 died in captivity -- mostly Russians. For the children of Jersey, growing up during the Occupation meant lost youth -- this is their story, in their words.—Lee Thomas