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- Guernseymuseum
- People in story:Ìý
- FRED GALLIENNE
- Location of story:Ìý
- Guernsey
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4007963
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- 05 May 2005
One thing we had to do at the Vauxbelets was that we were forced to learn German. None of the boys were too keen on that. I’m afraid the poor man who was teaching us (he was a Guernsey man) was given a pretty rough time, and I really felt sorry for him afterwards.
Eventually he gave up, so that was that, although a German officer came in sometimes. I don’t know whether it was to try and inject some enthusiasm into the thing, but I’ve still got it, a little dictionary, German-English dictionary, and he wrote in it in German, with my name on it and everything, signed October 1943. but I’m afraid we didn’t learn much German.
FRED GALLIENNE
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