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Colditz Castle, Germany (by Thomas Mahr)
Colditz Castle, 1828, Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Colditz: The German Story :: Reinhold Eggers
Colditz: The German Story :: Reinhold Eggers
Colditz: The German Story :: Reinhold Eggers soon to be presented for sale on the super BookLovers of Bath web site! London: Robert Hale, 1961, Hardback in dust wrapper. Includes: Floor plans; Black & white photographs; From the cover: This is the first account of Colditz, most famous of the German Prisoner-of-War Camps, as seen from the German side. The author was on the staff there for the…
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The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British POWs for an escape from Colditz Castle in Germany. The idea was from Lieutenant Tony Rolt who noticed the chapel roof line was obscured from German view and would make a good launching point. They could glide across the River Mulde to freedom. The glider was built by Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best with twelve assistants in the lower attic. It was built with stolen wood hidden behind a false wall. The glider was approaching completion when the American Army liberated the camp on April 16, 1945. The only evidence of the Coldtiz Cock is this photograph taken by an American soldier.
btw if you’re looking for something interesting to read/learn about, i recommend oflag iv-c/colditz castle, which was a german prisoner of war camp during wwii. it’s pretty interesting, and reading about the umpteen escape attempts (and successes!) is awesome
these two wikipedia pages aren’t bad places to start:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oflag_IV-C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_escape_Oflag_IV-C
Escape From Colditz Board Game Review, The New Edition
Escape From Colditz Board Game Review, The New Edition
I love microcosms. Take the classic WWII German submarine movie, Das Boot. There is an inescapable immersion generated by the movie’s cramped quarters, the interplay among the submariners, and the life and death struggles that demand excellence and cohesion in crisis after crisis. Since prisons practically define microcosms, I’ve had my eyes on Escape from Colditz by Osprey Games since the…
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