It has been three quarters of a century since a dozen or so British commandos landed on this island in the raid known as “Operation Basalt”.
Tonight we honour their memory. But this is also a good opportunity to reflect upon not only what happened here on the night of 3-4 October 1942, but also upon how that story has been told.
I want to talk this evening about how the Nazi German government began telling lies about this raid from the morning after, why those lies and were told and most important, I think, why they were believed. And I want to conclude with some reflections on the importance of historical memory.
Read the rest of Eric Lee’s remarks at Stocks Hotel, Sark, 3 October 2017 here.