Standing inside Colditz Castle, we trace the escape attempts that turned a “high security” prison into a battlefield of patience and nerve. From disguises that almost worked to tunnels that took ...

Schloss Colditz now has a new museum in the wing where hundreds of Allied soldiers were imprisoned - Sebastian Theilig Looking out of my bedroom window in Schloss Colditz, I find it hard to fathom how ...

To understand Escape From Colditz, we need a little history jam session. This is an early 70s board game based on an actual escape from the Nazi Germany prison camp Colditz Castle. This is a game that ...

A photo of the four escapees A wanted poster issued by the German authorities in 1942 ‘One hundred per cent luck isn’t good enough,” wrote Lieutenant Commander William “Billie” Lawson Stephens of the ...

An armed forces veteran has gone back into battle for a Wigan charity as he attempts to relive a real-life escape from Colditz. Colin Stein is currently replicating the 600-mile World War Two prison ...

COLDITZ, Germany — Colditz Castle squats on the second-highest hill here, dour and dumpy, a relic of a time when officers considered themselves gentlemen and war was conducted with at least a pretense ...

In the final months of World War II, prisoners of war in Colditz began building a glider to fly out of the camp. However the war ended before they could try it. Now Dr Hugh Hunt, an engineer from ...

In this riveting history of Nazi Germany’s most notorious POW camp, bestseller Macintyre (Agent Sonya) spotlights the indomitable will and creativity of the inmates who tried to escape from it.

'It was a wonderful adventure' Blind Dave Heeley completes escape from Colditz.'It was a wonderful adventure' Blind Dave Heeley completes escape from Colditz.

Forged papers used by a British escapee from Colditz to make one of the first "home runs" back to the UK from the notorious German prisoner-of-war camp are being sold along with his medals. The tale ...