9 January 1945 Part 3

9 January 1945 German order to display notices in Jersey

Editorial note: The PDF contains a modern collection introduction, this German letter, an accompanying English translation and the reply of 10 January. It does not contain the enclosed poster. The separately supplied notice D/Z/H5/130, dated 8 January, names Clark and Haas and is reproduced under that date; the connection is contextual rather than an explicit cross-reference in the letters. The German says the poster is to be displayed from immediately until the following Saturday at 18:00 (13 January 1945); the accompanying translation instead says posting is to be completed by that time. Both readings are preserved below. Heider’s name is legible in the accompanying English translation; the German signature is not independently resolved.

Local Command Headquarters I, St Helier. Military Administration Group. [Printed stationery headed Field Command Headquarters 515, with the local command designation typed above.] Reference: pol 02/Rth. Headquarters, 9 January 1945.

Subject: Posting a notice. Reference: none. To the Bailiff in Jersey.

The poster enclosed in several copies is to be displayed immediately and to remain posted until 18:00 next Saturday inclusive at the following offices: States Buildings, Post Office, Town Hall, local banks, all Parish Halls and all other police stations.

The police are to ensure that the posters are not defaced or torn down.

The Local Commandant: [signature], Major.

Accompanying English translation, 9 January 1945

Platzkommandantur I. Az. pol 02. To the Bailiff of Jersey. Posting notices.

The notice, of which several copies are attached, is to be posted forthwith, the posting to be completed by 6 p.m. Saturday next, in the following places: States Buildings, Post Office, Town Hall, local banks, all Parish Halls, all other police stations.

The police are to be responsible that the notices are not daubed or torn down.

The Platzkommandant, Heider, Major.

Handwritten annotations: “W30/146”; “Copy with Notices to A.G.”; “9th. Jan. 1945.” [Initials/signature not securely read.]

B/A/W30/146, PDF page 2. Original German posting order, 9 January 1945.

B/A/W30/146, PDF page 3. Accompanying English translation and routing annotations, 9 January 1945.

Jersey Heritage, Bailiff’s Occupation and Liberation files, B/A/W30/146 (W30/146). Supplied PDF: B_A_W30_146 Notice concerning the posting of notices relating to escaped.pdf, PDF pages 2–3: German original and accompanying English translation. Platzkommandantur I St Helier, military administration group, file pol 02/Rth.