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 ...

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.

The best known and most notorious PoW camp in history is Colditz, an 18th century castle in eastern Germany. With its imposing walls, steep cliffs, and rigorous policing, it was seen as the ultimate ...

Colditz Castle was a maximum security prison from which no one was meant to escape... but escape they did. Take a fresh look at the legendary escapes, featuring stories from both Colditz survivors and ...

A crack team rebuilds a glider that POWs hoped to catapult off the top of Colditz Castle. A crack team rebuilds a glider that POWs hoped to catapult off the top of Colditz Castle. Airing May 14, 2014 ...

The Nazis used Colditz Castle as a detention facility for Allied soldiers. A group of Dutch officers devised a clever plan to escape the camp. Their plot, which led four men to freedom, involved only ...