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Mar 4, 2023 · Barcelona - Mar 04, 2023 - 11:24 EST. In the British heroic tradition of World War II, including the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the sinking of the Bismarck, the story of...
Visit Colditz Castle, one of the most famous German POW camps in World War 2. Scene of remarkable escapes, clever disguises, and ingenious plots!
by Peter Tyson. Colditz Castle, a forbidding medieval edifice near Leipzig, Germany, was supposed to be the Nazis' most escape-proof prison. Incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly...
Herrschersitz, Jagdschloss, Witwenresidenz – mit seinen weißen Giebeln ist Schloss Colditz eines der schönsten mitteldeutschen Baudenkmäler des 16. Jahrhunderts – und Ausflugsziel für Geschichtsinteressierte.
The German Army made Colditz a Sonderlager (high-security prison camp), the only one of its type within Germany. Field Marshal Hermann Göring even declared Colditz "escape-proof." In spite of this claim, there were many well-documented escapes and failed attempts by British, Canadian, French, Polish, Dutch, and Belgian inmates.
With its striking white gables, Colditz Castle is one of the most beautiful Central German architectural monuments of the 16th century. It served as an important POW-camp for high-ranking officers of the Western Allies during World War II; Winston Churchill's nephew and the nephew of the then British King George VI were also among its prisoners.
Apr 28, 2020 · Built more than 800 years ago, atop a sheer 255-foot cliff above the Mulde River, Colditz Castle is a picturesque Renaissance castle, complete with whitewashed walls and charming red eaves. Despite its beauty, Colditz Castle’s notoriety arises from a less pleasant note in its history.
