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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Martin Bright and Antony Barnett

Inquiry into Nazi camps on Alderney to examine if there was British cover-up

Seven men, some in soldiers' uniforms, watch as Commandant Oberst Schwalm talks to Brigadier Alfred Ernest Snow, surrendering on Alderney on 16 May 1945 next to a metal bunker with an open door
Commandant Oberst Schwalm surrenders to Brigadier Alfred Ernest Snow on the Channel Island of Alderney on 16 May 1945. Photograph: Northcliffe Collection/ANL/Shutterstock

The government inquiry into Nazi wartime atrocities on the Channel Island of Alderney has been extended to investigate why none of the Nazi perpetrators responsible for the crimes was put on trial in Britain, the Observer can reveal.

Originally set up to review the number of victims in camps on the island, the inquiry will release a report later this month revealing the full scale of the “unspeakable and unimaginable brutality and sadism” that occurred on British soil.

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