Author's NoteThe concentration camp mentioned in this tale, Sylt, was a real place. It was actually the only concentration camp the Nazis built on British soil. We will never entirely know for sure what actually happened there as all the records were burned shortly before the island was liberated. What is known is that during the War, many Europeans were kept on Alderney – Jews, Russian prisoners of war, and Spanish who had fallen foul of Franco. How many of these poor unfortunates died on Alderney is impossible to say. Some historians believe that the number was 700, others say it was far more. Whatever the number, it was too many. Very little evidence of the Sylt camp, and the other labour camps on the island, remain, but if ever you visit that beautiful little island in the English Chan
