After World War II liberation of Jersey in the Channel Islands, 19-year-old Jean Parris discovers that a teacher who lives above her father's shop might be responsible for his wartime arrest and sets out to uncover the truth.
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Jersey, 1942. The British Channel Islands fall to the Germans who put prisoners of war to work in slave labor camps. When a Russian soldier escapes the labor camps, seeking shelter, a Jersey resident, Lou, realizes she can't simply hand him back. Lou decides to harbor the fugitiv...
After fleeing Vienna, Hedy Bercu, a Jewish woman living on the island of Jersey, is forced to hide in plain sight during the German occupation and to survive must depend on her own courage, her community, and a German soldier she befriends.
Inspired by true events, 'The Girl From the Channel Islands' is the riveting story of a young Jewish woman trapped on the occupied island of Jersey during WWII, the man who loves her, and the friends who risk everything to hide her. A Dewey Diva Pick.
After World War II liberation of Jersey in the Channel Islands, 19-year-old Jean Parris discovers that a teacher who lives above her father's shop might be responsible for his wartime arrest and sets out to uncover the truth.
An extraordinary, intimate portrait of the passions, provocations and still-unanswered questions behind the untimely death of Princess Diana.
After fleeing Vienna, Hedy Bercu, a Jewish woman living on the island of Jersey, is forced to hide in plain sight during the German occupation and to survive, must depend on her own courage, her community, and a German soldier she befriends.
Inspired by true events, 'The Girl From the Channel Islands' is the riveting story of a young Jewish woman trapped on the occupied island of Jersey during WWII, the man who loves her, and the friends who risk everything to hide her. A Dewey Diva Pick.