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Exhibition 'brings back memories', says internee

Chris Craddock
BBC Jersey communities reporter
BBC Roy smiles at the camera as he wears a yellow tartan shirt and has glasses. Behind him are old megaphones attached to a building frameBBC
Roy Newton was two years old when German troops took him and his family to Bad Wurzach

A man who was sent to a German internment camp during Jersey's occupation in World War Two says a new exhibition on its history "does bring back memories".

Roy Newton was two years old when he was sent to Bad Wurzach with his family in 1942.

More than 600 people were detained there until they were released in April 1945.

ArtHouse Jersey is displaying some of the internees stories in the Structures & Memory exhibition.

People come into the exhibition and look around. There is writing on the wall describing the internment camp and there are paper dovers hanging from the ceiling.
The exhibition shares the stories of some of the 600 people detained in the camp

Mr Newton, who attended the launch of the exhibition at Capital House, said he had been "overwhelmed" by the works on display.

"I hope the next generation comes and remembers what we went through and I'm sure there's a lot of good here so I know they will."

The exhibition is open until 8 June.

Emily smiles at the camera as she stands by some of the composition work she's done as part of the exhibition. She has a black dress on with white polka dots. She has light brown hair which comes down past her shoulders and is wearing glasses and hooped earrings.
Composer Emily de Gruchy was moved by her work for the exhibition

Composer Emily de Gruchy was one of the artists involved with the project.

She said she felt "quite emotional" at the launch.

"It is so fundamentally important that we keep these stories alive and I didn't know about this part of our history so for me this has been a real learning experience," Ms de Gruchy said.

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