JH Members are invited to take a private tour of Jersey’s Cold War bunker, built during the German Occupation in the Second World War with local guide Paul Lister.
Hidden in a street in the heart of St Helier, this Jersey command centre was kept a secret from the public for years, as the world waited for news of nuclear war.
This bunker was a communications centre, passing and receiving messages to and from other bunkers around the UK and Europe. The threat of nuclear war with catastrophic loss of human life and destruction of the planet was a real danger in the years after the Second World War. To help prepare for such an event, a network of hundreds of bunkers was built throughout Britain and Europe. Messages would be sent and received from other similar bunkers in France, the UK and the other Channel Islands.
During this tour, Paul will take you on a journey of Jersey’s past and share about the impact the Cold War and the threat of a nuclear attack had on the lives of the Islanders and the rest of the world.
