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The German Occupation
During the 1930's Jersey was a peaceful holiday island, with thousands of visitors every summer.
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Underground Hospital
The German Underground Hospital is a stark reminder of the occupation of the island during World War II.
Read more in our underground hospital pages.

The corridor to the right is 100.5 metres long, 182 metres from the entrance, and 33.5 metres below the surface

I think we should keep the current name of the hospital since there are enough pronunciation problems with local Jersey names around the island, let alone addiong German to it. Granted, it is a part of our history here but why now decide to change it after all these years?

what a lovely new name for the underground hospital, it simply rolls off the tongue!

I think renaming the underground hospital is a bad idea, it is dragging up the past and almost feels like admitting defeat to the Germans by bringing back the original name.

Not to mention all the non German tourists, puzzled expressions, as they try to pronounce it!