Life After Liberation | Jersey Heritage
This special exhibition examines the many challenges and opportunities Jersey faced following its release from five long years of German Occupation
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2 May 2025 - 13 September 2026
Jersey Museum
To mark the 80th anniversary of Liberation, this new exhibition examines the many challenges Jersey faced following its release from five long years of German Occupation. After the celebrations are over, how do you manage the transition from military rule to civilian administration? How do you unite a population divided by loss, separation, and suspicions of collaboration? And how do you return the Island to prosperity after five years of economic isolation and mounting war debts?
The exhibition explores the years following Liberation, both the challenges, joys and opportunities, and traces the Island's long road to recovery. It also considers how we have remembered Liberation as the years have passed and asks what we can learn from this experience.
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With thanks to Benest & Syvret for sponsoring this exhibition
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Life After Liberation
The ‘Small Island Big Stories’ host Mel, sits in on a fascinating conversation about Island life after Liberation between Jersey writer & researcher Mark Lamerton & Lucy Layton, Exhibitions Curator at Jersey Heritage.
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