Prisoners held in Colditz castle during World War II regularly enjoyed strip shows from local women, a new book has revealed. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, author Ben Macintyre writes that ...

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 ...

Although it was considered a high security prison, it boasted one of the highest records of successful escape attempts.The keys were part of the security that the Germans believed made Colditz Castle ...

Colditz castle gained international fame through its use as a prisoner of war camp for Allied officers in World War II. (Peter Endig/AP) Review by Andrea Pitzer In 1943, French prisoners of war ...

This Canadian Creamery Butter tin comes from Colditz Castle in Germany. The tin was part of a Red Cross parcel, sent to Allied Officers imprisoned there during the Second World War. I acquired it at ...

Only four POWs had successfully fled the German fortress when English Territorial Army Lieutenant Airey Neave and his Dutch partner Tony Luteyn walked out on January 6, 1942. Neave, born 100 years ago ...

In the Leipzig Region, the new captivating exhibition "An Abandoned Place Comes to Life" opened at the historic Colditz Castle in April 2024. Breathing new life into the storied walls of Colditz, the ...

Growing up in the seventies, World War II was writ large in the imaginations of young boys such as myself. There were endless films on TV, celebrating the tragedies, triumphs, victories and failures ...

The Second World War was the conflict that shaped the modern world, and on this five-day escorted tour you will visit some of the great German cities and locations that were at the heart of it, and ...

Ben Macintyre's new book about Colditz casts fresh light on the myths about the German POW camp. Photo: Supplied / Stuff It is always pleasing when you are reading a book about far and foreign places ...