Each of the 25 Stolpersteine, which translates as ‘stumble stones’, will be installed at an address with a connection to the person being memorialised.

Stolpersteine are cobble stones with an engraved brass cap that are inserted into public pavements and roadways in memory of victims and survivors of Nazism as part of a Europe-wide project. A set of 20 stones were installed in Jersey last summer to remember, in all but two instances, survivors of Nazi persecution.

The second phase of the Channel Islands project, which is led by Jersey Heritage and on behalf of Guernsey Museums by Second World War historian Professor Gilly Carr OBE, of the University of Cambridge, will see another 25 stones laid to remember those who lost their lives in prisons or concentration camps, or who were persecuted by the Nazis during the Occupation. Additional stones are also being laid in Guernsey.

The first stone in the second phase of Stolpersteine in Jersey will be laid outside the Town Hall on Monday, 8 September at 10am for Peter Johnson, who died at Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp in 1944.  A ceremony to mark the project as a whole will also be held at this location.

Chris Addy, from Jersey Heritage, said: “It was incredibly moving last year when we laid the first set of Stolpersteine in Jersey and the feedback we received from the community, especially from the families of those being commemorated, was hugely supportive. The Stolpersteine project is another way for us to share the stories of those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis during one of the most significant and difficult times in the Island’s history, and to ensure that those stories are never forgotten.”

Chris thanked the local benefactor who has funded the second phase of the Stolpersteine and chosen to remain anonymous, and all the other people involved in the project, including relatives,

property owners, the Infrastructure & Environment Department, officials from a number of parishes, Rozel Shipping and Jersey College for Girls.

At the installation of each of the 25 Stolpersteine, the story of the person being memorialised will be read out and the stone laying witnessed by officials and friends and family. Pat Fisher’s father Joseph Tierney is one of the people being memorialised. He died in Kastice in May 1945 and is buried in Psov in the Czech Republic. A stone is being laid outside the house in Langley Avenue, St Saviour, where her parents lived.

Pat said: “’On behalf of my family and myself, we wish to express our thanks to Gilly Carr, Jersey Heritage and the Stolpersteine organisation for honouring my father, Joseph Tierney, with a Stolperstein memory stone. We are extremely proud to be able to witness this presentation during the 80th anniversary year of his death. He died in Kastice, Czech Republic in May 1945 whilst being transported to another prison. It is very poignant that the stone will be set outside of ‘Casa Loma’, Langley Avenue where he lived with his wife, Eileen, and was also arrested by the Nazis. My mother would be so proud and humble for this recognition but always wondering why he had to die in this way. He was a loving, caring man who did not deserve to be treated and punished in this way. Ultimately, he died an innocent man.”

Those being remembered with a Stolperstein in 2025 are:

  • Flavien Barbier

Arrested for taking part in demonstrations, September 1942 and also charged with ‘concealing stolen goods’. Deported January 1943. Liberated from Rollwald Penal Camp, 26 March 1945. Although he survived, his wartime experiences had a profound effect on his mental health.

  • Gerald Bird

Sentenced January 1944 for ‘failing to surrender an anti-German leaflet’ and imprisoned, first in Alderney and then sent to France. Attempted to escape from Lisieux Prison in June 1944. Liberated from Spittal, Austria but long-term PTSD.

  • Canon Clifford Cohu

Arrested and deported in 1943 for a radio offence. Died Zöschen Forced Labour Re-Education Camp, Germany, 20/09/1944.

  • Arthur Dimery

Arrested for a radio offence March 1943, deported May 1943. Died Laufen internment camp 4 April 1944.

  • George Fox

Sentenced to two years imprisonment in June 1943 for ‘continued larceny’ – stealing from a German barracks to feed his family. Died 11 March 1945 at Naumburg Prison.

  • Louisa Gould

Imprisoned May 1944 for sheltering a Russian slave worker, possession of radio and camera. Murdered Ravensbrück February 1945.

  • Maurice Gould

Arrested when attempting to escape with Dennis Audrain and Peter Hassall on 3 May 1942. Died Wittlich 1 October 1943 – remains repatriated 1997, interred at Allied War Cemetery.

  • Stanley Green

Arrested January 1944, deported March 1944 for possession of a radio and camera. Liberated from Laufen internment camp May 1945.

  • James Houillebecq

Arrested May 1944 for the unauthorised possession of arms. Deported July 1944. Died 20 January 1945 Neuengamme concentration camp.

  • Peter Johnson

Arrested for sabotage. Died Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp 1944.

  • Francois Le Villio

Sentenced and deported June 1944 for ‘serious military larceny’ – stealing from the German Forces. Liberated Sandbostel Concentration Camp 29 April 1945. Died Nottingham 26 November 1946, fatally weakened by his camp experiences and ill treatment.

  • William Marsh

Sentenced February 1944 for insulting the German forces, disturbing the working peace and disseminating anti-German information – deported March 1944. Died Wille concentration camp, 9 March 1945

  • Edward Muels

Convicted for ‘aiding and abetting desertion’, May 1944. Deported June 1944. Died Kassel-Wehlheiden Prison, 7 January 1945.

  • John Nicolle

Arrested for a radio offence – deported May 1943. Died 14 February 1945, Dortmund, Germany.

  • Leonce Ogier

Arrested in February 1943 for possession of a map of German fortifications and a camera. Deported in March 1943. Sentenced in Paris in May 1943 – received a pardon, repatriated to Jersey. Deported again in July 1943 to Biberach internment camp. Died Ulm Hospital 1 August 1943. Body later interred at St Saviour’s Cemetery.

  • Frederick Page

Sentenced in July 1943 for a radio offence, deported September 1943. Died 5 January 1945 at Naumburg Prison.

  • Clarence Painter

Arrested for possession of a radio, a camera, photographs and a First World War pistol. Deported December 1943. Murdered 16 February 1945 while in transit to Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

  • Peter Painter

Arrested for possession of a radio, a camera, photographs and a First World War pistol. Deported December 1943. Died 27 November 1944 Gross-Rosen.

  • Emile ‘Joe’ Paisnel

Sentenced for ‘receiving stolen articles in February 1944 – unknowingly acquired coal stolen from the German Forces. Died Naumburg Prison 29 August 1944.

  • Clifford Quérée

Sentenced 23 June 1943 for ‘continual receiving of stolen articles’ – buying German bread that, unknown to him, had been stolen. Died Naumburg Prison 1 May 1945.

  • Marcel Rossi

Deported with his father, Jean, 25 February 1943 for refusing to work for the German Forces. Died Hersbruck February 1945.

  • Samuel Simon

Received deportation notice due to being a registered Jew / died 7 November 1943 from ‘senile myocarditis, cardiac failure’ exacerbated by trauma, principally due to the threat of deportation.

  • June Sinclair

Arrested and deported for slapping a German soldier who made crude remarks and attempted to kiss her. Murdered in Ravensbrück concentration camp, 26 April 1943.

  • John Soyer

Sentenced August 1943 for a radio offence – deported December 1943. Escaped Villeneuve Saint-Georges Prison June 1944, joined French Resistance. Shot and killed 29 July 1944.

  • Joseph Tierney

Arrested for a radio offence March 1943, deported September 1943. Died Kastice, Czech Republic, 4 May 1945.