Jersey WW2 slave labourer's descendant works on same site

Electrician Steen Le Gresley's great-grandfather was a slave labourer who built German defences in occupied Jersey during World War Two.

Now Mr Gresley is helping renovate the site where his great-grandfather worked.

Mr Le Gresley described how his family history had been brought to life as he works on the Jersey War Tunnels museum.

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28 February 2023

World War Two

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