More Stolpersteine stones in memory of Nazi Occupation victims

Jersey Heritage will be installing a second set of Stolpersteine stones, remembering those who died during the Occupation.

More memory stones to honour islanders who lost their lives or suffered at the hands of the Nazis will be laid in locations across Jersey this week.

Each of the 25 Stolpersteine, which translates as ‘stumble stones’, will be installed at an address with a connection to the person being memorialised. Additional stones are also being laid in Guernsey.

Joseph Tierney's stone will be laid in Langley Avenue, St Saviour

20 stones were laid in July 2024.

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The latest stone will be laid outside the Town Hall on Monday (8 September) at 10 am to remember Peter Johnson, who died at Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp in 1944. 

A local benefactor has funded the second phase of the Stolpersteine and chosen to remain anonymous.

Those being remembered with a Stolperstein in 2025 are:

• Flavien Barbier

Arrested for taking part in demonstrations, September 1942 and also charged with ‘concealing stolen goods’. Deported January 1943. Liberated from Rollwald Penal Camp, 26 March 1945. Although he survived, his wartime experiences had a profound effect on his mental health.

• Gerald Bird

Sentenced January 1944 for ‘failing to surrender an anti-German leaflet’ and imprisoned, first in Alderney and then sent to France. Attempted to escape from Lisieux Prison in June 1944. Liberated from Spittal, Austria but long-term PTSD.

• Canon Clifford Cohu

Arrested and deported in 1943 for a radio offence. Died Zöschen Forced Labour ReEducation Camp, Germany, 20/09/1944.

• Arthur Dimery

Arrested for a radio offence March 1943, deported May 1943. Died Laufen internment camp 4 April 1944.

• George Fox

Sentenced to two years imprisonment in June 1943 for ‘continued larceny’ – stealing from a German barracks to feed his family. Died 11 March 1945 at Naumburg Prison.

• Louisa Gould

Imprisoned May 1944 for sheltering a Russian slave worker, possession of radio and camera. Murdered Ravensbrück February 1945.

• Maurice Gould

Arrested when attempting to escape with Dennis Audrain and Peter Hassall on 3 May 1942. Died Wittlich 1 October 1943 – remains repatriated 1997, interred at Allied War Cemetery.

• Stanley Green

Arrested January 1944, deported March 1944 for possession of a radio and camera. Liberated from Laufen internment camp May 1945.

• James Houillebecq

Arrested May 1944 for the unauthorised possession of arms. Deported July 1944. Died 20 January 1945 Neuengamme concentration camp.

• Peter Johnson

Arrested for sabotage. Died Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp 1944.

• Francois Le Villio

Sentenced and deported June 1944 for ‘serious military larceny’ – stealing from the German Forces. Liberated Sandbostel Concentration Camp 29 April 1945. Died Nottingham 26 November 1946, fatally weakened by his camp experiences and ill treatment.

• William Marsh

Sentenced February 1944 for insulting the German forces, disturbing the working peace and disseminating anti-German information – deported March 1944. Died Wille concentration camp, 9 March 1945

• Edward Muels

Convicted for ‘aiding and abetting desertion’, May 1944. Deported June 1944. Died KasselWehlheiden Prison, 7 January 1945.

• John Nicolle

Arrested for a radio offence – deported May 1943. Died 14 February 1945, Dortmund, Germany.

• Leonce Ogier

Arrested in February 1943 for possession of a map of German fortifications and a camera. Deported in March 1943. Sentenced in Paris in May 1943 – received a pardon, repatriated to Jersey. Deported again in July 1943 to Biberach internment camp. Died Ulm Hospital 1 August 1943. Body later interred at St Saviour’s Cemetery.

• Frederick Page

Sentenced in July 1943 for a radio offence, deported September 1943. Died 5 January 1945 at Naumburg Prison.

• Clarence Painter

Arrested for possession of a radio, a camera, photographs and a First World War pistol. Deported December 1943. Murdered 16 February 1945 while in transit to Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

• Peter Painter

Arrested for possession of a radio, a camera, photographs and a First World War pistol. Deported December 1943. Died 27 November 1944 Gross-Rosen.

• Emile ‘Joe’ Paisnel

Sentenced for ‘receiving stolen articles in February 1944 – unknowingly acquired coal stolen from the German Forces. Died Naumburg Prison 29 August 1944.

• Clifford Quérée

Sentenced 23 June 1943 for ‘continual receiving of stolen articles’ – buying German bread that, unknown to him, had been stolen. Died Naumburg Prison 1 May 1945.

• Marcel Rossi

Deported with his father, Jean, 25 February 1943 for refusing to work for the German Forces. Died Hersbruck February 1945.

• Samuel Simon

Received deportation notice due to being a registered Jew / died 7 November 1943 from ‘senile myocarditis, cardiac failure’ exacerbated by trauma, principally due to the threat of deportation.

• June Sinclair

Arrested and deported for slapping a German soldier who made crude remarks and attempted to kiss her. Murdered in Ravensbrück concentration camp, 26 April 1943.

• John Soyer

Sentenced August 1943 for a radio offence – deported December 1943. Escaped Villeneuve Saint-Georges Prison June 1944, joined French Resistance. Shot and killed 29 July 1944.

• Joseph Tierney

Arrested for a radio offence March 1943, deported September 1943. Died Kastice, Czech Republic, 4 May 1945.