Sculpture dedicated to islanders who died in German concentration camps to go on display

A sculpture dedicated to people from Jersey who died in German camps and prisons has been chosen to be part of an exhibition in London.

21 islanders perished in German prisons and Nazi camps, having been deported for acts of rebellion or 'crimes' committed against the Occupation forces.

The sculpture which is still being made was designed in Jersey and will be put on display on Holocaust Memorial Day next month.

It is one of 75 designs chosen from more than 300 groups from across the British Isles that registered to take part in the nationwide competition from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

The 75 Memorial Flames exhibition opens in London on 27 January as part of the national commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

The statue will be sent to London and then back to Jersey, where it will feature in next year's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Liberation.

It is hoped thereafter that the flame will feature in the Island's annual Holocaust memorial day ceremony, held in the Occupation Tapestry Gallery in the Maritime Museum.