User:The C of E/robert hathaway

When the Germans occupied Sark, Kommandant Albrecht Lanz and his translator Major-Doctor Maass arrived at Sark Harbour to accept the surrender of the island. Sybil arranged for both to sit in oak chairs at the end of a long table at the far end of the drawing room and to receive the Nazis as if they visited all the time. The Seneschal was dispatched to escort them to La Seigneurie. He deliberately took his time, even stopping for a drink before greeting the Nazis at the harbour and then made them walk up harbour hill. A Day later on 4 July, the occupying German forces arrived. Noting the coinciding with American Independence Day, Hathaway said "the 4th of July; a hell of a date to be taken over by the Huns".