A story about Jever Town and the Schloss that is not widely known.   This is a plaque near the entrance gates to the Schloss which was erected in 1985. "On the 3rd May 1945, shortly before the end of the war, about 2,000 people who were afraid that Jever would be destroyed, gathered here.   Courageous inhabitants of the town of Jever hoisted the white flag on the castle tower, disarmed the NSDAP (German National Socialists' Workers' Party) Kreisleiter (District Leader) and demanded that the Gauleiter (Regional Leader) did not needlessly sacrifice the town in a pointless defence. Some thereby risked their lives.   Jever in the year 1985."              This shows the location of the first plaque on the left of the Schloss Gates.  A few years later a group of townspeople who did not agree with the txt on this first plaque, fixed a similar plaque to the old Theatre on the Alter Markt.  Although the wording is slightly different the content is more or less the same and it is also to commemorate the same incident that took place there in 1945.               On the 3rd May 1945 advancing allied troops captured Oldenburg without meeting any resistance and in Jever, which at that time was part of  the defence ring for Wilhelmshaven, a rumour had spread that the RAF would attack the town unless it surrendered. The 3 white flag 'hoisters' were arrested on the same day and on the 4th May were brought before a court in Wilhelmshaven, then finally released.  On the British Front a general cease-fire had been agreed that was to take effect at 0800 on the 5th May 1945 which then stopped the allied advance on Jever about 15 km from the town. Polish armoured units of the 2nd Canadian Corps occupied the town on the 6th May 1945. (Thanks to Trevor Pailing and Heather Meierjohann (née Watson) for translation and Maurice Parker for later pictures and story.)