‘We’d have perished’: woman, 91, returns to Jersey where she fled Nazis in 1940

Irene Probstein travels from US to remember her family's escape and thank Channel islanders who rescued them

She was last on these sandy shores eight decades ago when her family - just about - managed to stay a step ahead of the rapidly advancing Nazis.

On Friday, Irene Probstein, a 91-year-old Jewish woman who lives in Massachusetts, was back on Jersey to remember her family's dramatic escape and thank the Channel islanders who rescued them and offered refuge and kindness.