Extracts from Ralph Mollet's diary

Ralph Mollet's
Occupation diary

Ralph Mollet was the secretary to the Bailiff, Alexander Coutanche during the German Occupation and also secretary of La Société Jersiaise. He was ideally placed to observe the events of the the war as they impacted on his island community, and he recorded them in a diary, which was published after the war as Jersey Under the Swastika

The links below provide access to excerpts from this diary.

• Introduction
• Evacuation
• Ultimatum and surrender
• Occupation
• Royal Court and States
• Food supply