| 词条 | Gladys Skillett |
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Skillett was five months pregnant when she, and her London-born husband, Sydney Skillett, were sent to the Lindele internment camp near the town of Biberach an der Riß, Germany.[1] Skillett gave birth to a son, David Skillett, in a small hospital in Biberach, becoming the first Channel Islander, as well as the first woman from Guernsey, to give birth in German wartime captivity.[1] While in the hospital's maternity ward, Skillett befriended a German woman named Maria Koch, who had also just given birth to a son, Heiner. Koch's husband, Julius Koch, was in the Wehrmacht.[1] The two women continued their unlikely friendship through the fences surrounding Skillett's camp during the war.[1] Skillett's Lindele internment camp was liberated on 23 April 1945 by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.[1] Skillett delivered supplies to Maria Koch and her family before being repatriated to Guernsey.[1] However, their friendship has endured in series of exchanges between the people of Guernsey and the people of Biberach, which continue up until her death.[1] In 2005, 60-year-old David Skillett and Heiner Koch marched together in Biberach's Schützenfest, along with another of Gladys's daughters, Gloria, who was also born during the German internment.[1] Gladys Skillett died on 11 February 2010 at the age of 91.[1] She was survived by seven children.[1] Her husband died in 1980.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite news|first=|last=|title=Gladys Skillett : wartime deportee and nurse |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7042902.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1|work=The Times|publisher=|date=2010-02-27 |accessdate=2010-03-09}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Skillett, Gladys}} 6 : 1918 births|2010 deaths|Guernsey nurses|World War II civilian prisoners|Guernsey women|British women in World War II |
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