Herbert Smith (left) died in a Gestapo prison and Charles Friend was unable to use his legs by the time he was liberated from Landsberg prison in 1945
He suffered for the rest of his life as a result of "those terrible days" and died in 1986 from a heart attack on the way to an exhibition featuring the story of what happened to him and his colleagues.
His son Keith said: "He was scarred by his experience both mentally and physically and never recovered from it."
Due to their criminal convictions, the men were unable to return to their roles in the police or claim a pension.
Mr Friend remembered his father being resentful of Guernsey's authorities, who had told him they would "sort everything out when he got back from prison".
"He was bitter and felt he'd been cheated by the local authorities who hadn't fulfilled their promise.
"I see what they did as a Robin Hood-type act. It's not a crime for personal gain; it was to feed hungry people, and as policemen they were in the position to do something about it."
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