The killings allegedly took place on Alderney, the northernmost of the Channel Islands, in 1944. The Nazis occupied the islands from 1940 until 1945.
A Nazi soldier saw his colleague order the murder of two English men on British soil during the Second World War, newly-unearthed documents have revealed.The alleged murders were witnessed by a soldier named as Obergefreiter Kraus, who was stationed at a forced labour camp on Alderney.
Historian Dr Helen Fry says in the programme: 'If this incident is true, then it does represent the only known incident of British dying at the hands of Nazis on British soil.' Labourers were transported there from countries across Europe to build fortifications as part of the German war effort. The broken remains of Sylt concentration camp on Alderney which was destroyed by the fleeing Nazis in 1945
The report also aimed to bring justice for those who died, and ensure that this period of history, and the Holocaust, is 'remembered fully and accurately.'They were housed in four camps on the island: Helgoland, Nordeney, Borkum and Sylt.
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