With several smaller nearby islands, it forms a jurisdiction within the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency.

The jurisdiction is not part of the United Kingdom, although defence and most foreign relations are handled by the British Government.

The entire jurisdiction lies within the Common Travel Area of the British Islands and the Republic of Ireland, and although it is not a member of the European Union, it does have a special relationship with it, being treated as part of the European Community with access to the single market for the purposes of the free trade in goods.

During the occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany during World War II, laws were imposed on the authorities that required registration.

All non Guernsey and British foreigners (aliens) had already been required to register with the police, but the records did not mention their faith.

The First Order Against The Jews was 23 October 1940, and this was the beginning of the adoption of the Nuremberg Race Laws in to the Channel Islands' legal systems.

To hush up the level of collaboration, he was knighted, and the history of Guernsey's delivery of the Jews to the Nazis was concealed for decades.

Marianne Grunfeld was reported to be living in Laval, France,[8] until three months later, when they were rounded up in a mass deportation of French Jews.

Henry was sent to Oflag VII-C in Laufen, Germany, and the two women and baby initially went to a prison in Compiègne and then, after six months, to Ilag V-B in Biberach an der Riss.