The British island of Alderney is divided over how to address its Nazi past.
London wants to shed light on a dark page in history that has long been kept secret: the number of prisoners who died in the four concentration camps built on the small Channel island during the Second World War.
‘The Holocaust happened on British soil’: Inquiry into Nazi camps creates bitter divide on Alderney.
An official investigation of claims that many more people than previously thought died during Nazi control of the Channel Island has pleased some, but dismayed others.
The UK's Channel Island Nazis inquiry is under pressure to find out why the perpetrators never faced justice.
Thousands of people may have perished on Alderney during the second world war. Hundreds are known to have been killed when the Nazis occupied Alderney and set up slave labour camps, including at least one that was taken over by the SS to be used as a concentration camp. But their murderers never stood trial
Not that we were planning on going anytime soon anyway, but Sandra and I were chatting about holidays and felt that the uncontrolled gun culture and rampant radical "Christianity" seeking to erase gay and trans people in the USA means America is off the list for now.
We have had some lovely holidays there, and we would love to ride the Amtrak from coast to coast, but daily reports of mass shootings and vile policies don't make it attractive currently.