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Jersey internees return to Bad Wurzach 80 years after liberation

July 9, 2025
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BBC Jersey communities reporter

BBC Lola and David are standing outdoors in front of a large, white building with a red roof and multiple windows. The building is surrounded by trees and greenery. The person on the left is wearing a light blue patterned jacket and has short hair, while the person on the right is wearing a dark blue shirt with a green jacket over it. The sky appears to be cloudy.BBC

Lola Garvin (left) and David Drage were babies when they were deported to Bad Wurzach in 1942

A group of Jersey internees have returned to an internment camp in southern Germany 80 years after their liberation.

They were shown around the camp, near the town of Bad Wurzach. where they were forced to live behind barbed wire from 1942 to 1945.

German troops rounded up those who were British born and their families before sending them to internment camps during the Occupation.

More than 600 people ended up in Bad Wurzach and of those about 200 were children.

‘Smuggle a pram’

David Drage was the youngest boy to be deported with his family and taken to the internment camp at nine months old.

He said: “My father managed to smuggle a pram all the way from Jersey to Bad Wurzach by talking to sailors and railway men.”

Mr Drage said “it got used by all the children” and his parents “were reluctant” to talk about what happened but he was “fairly inquisitive so I got most of the important stories out of them”.

“My own personal memory is the moment of liberation when the French tank came along and being a little child who had grown up in this quiet place I was frightened to death.”

A group of people standing outside near a building with large windows. Gisela is wearing a dark jacket and a colorful scarf, appears to be speaking or gesturing. The others are dressed in casual outdoor clothing, including jackets and coats.

Gisela Rothenhausler has been giving those from Jersey guided tours around Bad Wurzach

Gisela Rothenhausler, who took the internees on the tour of the internment camp, said “it’s always a great moment for us” when visits like this happen.

“The first big visit that I experienced was in 2005 and some of the internees were a bit reluctant to come here but what was great was they left as friends after seeing how much Germany had changed,” Ms Rothenhausler added.

She is part of the Bad Wurzach Partnerschaft Committee which works with those in Jersey to help build bonds between the island and the German town.

Local German media also covered the visit, with internees being interviewed by Patrick Müller from the Schwäbische Zeitung.

He said he wanted to speak to them “because it was interesting for the people to hear what the people who were interned at the camp feel and how that has changed over the years”.

He added: “I hope a lot of people will take the chance to speak to them and hear their stories.”

The group from Jersey will also visit the town of Biberach where about 1,000 people remained in Camp Lindele while others were taken to Bad Wurzach.

Patrick is wearing a black Adidas hoodie stands in the foreground of a room that resembles a casual dining or meeting area. Their face is blurred. In the background, two people are seated at a table—one facing away from the camera and the other partially visible. The room features light-colored walls, wooden paneling, and ceiling lights.

Patrick Müller is a local journalist covering the visit in Bad Wurzach



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