The deportations of 2,058 men, women, children and babies in September 1942, which triggered suicides in Guernsey, Sark and Jersey,[REF] sparked the first mass demonstrations of patriotism of the Occupation.
The rotation of German soldiers, with first grade men being gradually downgraded until many soldiers were non-German, Ex Russian prisoners appeared in German uniform resulted in a reduction in morals and an increase in crimes, often linked to the soldiers hunger, including murders [REF].