Colditz may have been a notorious Nazi prisoner of war camp, but a newly-unearthed film shows its inmates and guards still found time to fool around. The extraordinary footage – the only known film of ...
A £5 million ITV drama about Colditz Castle, scene of 300 Allied escape attempts in the Second World War, is causing dismay among survivors because the script shows Nazi camp commanders in an ...
The Colditz Story is an intriguing and occasionally humorous depiction of the real-life adventures of British and Polish prisoners of war who plot an escape from a German maximum-security prison in ...
Simon Heffer discusses the film The Colditz Story, which celebrated British resilience and reminded cinemagoers of a time of undisputed British superiority. Show more Uncomplaining Tommy Atkins, the ...
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 ...
A £5 million ITV drama about Colditz Castle, scene of 300 Allied escape attempts in the Second World War, is causing dismay among survivors because the script shows Nazi camp commanders in an ...
Simon Heffer discusses the film The Colditz Story, which celebrated British resilience and reminded cinemagoers of a time of undisputed British superiority. Show more Uncomplaining Tommy Atkins, the ...