Pomme d'Or Hotel
{{short description|Hotel in Saint Helier, Jersey}}
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The Pomme d'Or Hotel is a hotel in Saint Helier, Jersey. It was founded in 1837 and was used as the Nazi naval headquarters during the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands. It is the main focus for Jersey's Liberation Day celebrations.
Early history
The original site of the Pomme d'Or had been occupied since 1802, initially stables were built on it. In 1837, the owners demolished the stables and built a hotel in their place. It was named the Pomme D'Or after a local cider produced nearby.{{cite web |url=https://www.seymourhotels.com/pomme-dor-hotel/news/how-did-the-pomme-dor-get-its-name/ |title=How did the Pomme d'Or get its name? |publisher=Seymourhotels.com |date=2018-08-08 |accessdate=2021-07-10}} In 1852, the French author Victor Hugo stayed at the hotel during his exile from France.{{cite book |first=Edmond |last=Bire |title=Victor Hugo après 1852: l'exil, les dernières années et la mort du poète |page=45 |language=French |publisher=Perrin et cie |year=1894 |isbn=978-1145995260}} Following the end of the First World War, the hotel had become dilapidated until 1932 when the Seymour family bought it and renovated it.
Occupation
File:Nazi flag over Pomme d'Or hotel, Jersey.jpg
When the Germans invaded in 1940, the Pomme d'Or was requisitioned by the Nazis as the Kriegsmarine Naval Headquarters.{{cite book |first=Roy |last=McLoughlin |title=Living with the Enemy |publisher=Seeker Publishing |page=143 |year=2019 |edition=reprint |isbn=9780952565901}} The Reichskriegsflagge was flown from the hotel's flagpole. During the Liberation of the Channel Islands, soldiers of the British Army climbed to the balcony and removed the Nazi flag and replaced it with the Union Jack.{{cite web |url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/jersey/lib09.pdf |title=Liberation Day 2009 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2021-07-10}}{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2020-05-09/liberation-day-the-union-flag-has-been-raised-at-the-pomme-d-or |title=Liberation Day: Union Flag raised at Pomme d'Or in Jersey |publisher=ITV |date=9 May 2020 |accessdate=2021-07-10}} Since then, the act of raising the Union Jack on the hotel balcony has been ceremonially repeated yearly as the focal point for Jersey's Liberation Day celebrations.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-35730335 |title=Jersey States staff get Liberation Day holiday |publisher=BBC News|date=4 March 2016 |accessdate=2021-07-10}}
Later history
In 2006, the hotel was renovated for a visit by Queen Elizabeth II.{{Cite news |title=Pomme d'Or work earns top award |date=2006-07-04 |work=Jersey Evening Post |accessdate=2021-07-10 |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2006/07/04/pomme-dor-work-earns-top-award/}} In 2012, the Pomme d'Or hosted the British–Irish Council for a discussion on the misuse of drugs in the British Isles.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.je/news/2012/pages/bicmeetinjersey.aspx |title=British Irish Council meets in Jersey |publisher=Government of Jersey |date=2012-06-29 |accessdate=2021-07-10}} In 2015, Jersey moved their Liberation Day celebrations away from Liberation Square and to the People's Park, which resulted in the Pomme d'Or not hosting the traditional flag-raising ceremony that year.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-31169123 |title=Jersey Liberation Day event moves to People's Park |publisher=BBC News|date=6 February 2015 |accessdate=2021-07-10}} The celebrations and commemorative flag raising returned to the hotel the next year.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/update/2016-05-09/jersey-celebrates-liberation-day/ |title=Jersey Celebrates Liberation Day |publisher=ITV |date=2016-06-09 |accessdate=2021-07-10}}