Colditz
Colditz Castle is famed for being a high security prisoner-of-war camp.It was mainly for officers who were regarded as security or escape risks. Colditz is situated on a rocky outcrop above the River Mulde, the Germans believed it was an ideal site for a high security prison. .The images are from Mrs B and her brother Alan visit to this famous prison.
Colditz Castle is famed for being a high security prisoner-of-war camp.It was mainly for officers who were regarded as security or escape risks. Colditz is situated on a rocky outcrop above the River Mulde, the Germans believed it was an ideal site for a high security prison. .The images are from Mrs B and her brother Alan visit to this famous prison.
All the prisoners lived in a 90 ft (27 m) tall building.
The Nazi`s thought it was impossible to escape from.
The Nazi`s thought it was impossible to escape from.
Putting together the best escapees from POW camps, the Germans effectively made a problem for themselves.Tunnels were built but the thickness of the castle walls made digging tunnels very slow work. Also by 1944, the Germans had worked out many of the ways that POW’s had been using to escape and these lapses in security had been plugged.
31 POW’s had successfully got back home. No other POW camp in World War Two had the same rate of success.
Colditz. In the 70s,Colditz story was made into a BBC television series starring David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke and Robert Wagner.
Colditz Castle was liberated on April 16th 1945.
Colditz Castle was liberated on April 16th 1945.