Daring escapes, ingenious plans and heroic feats are revealed in
Major Pat Reid’s classic Second World War history of Colditz, the
infamous prisoner-of-war camp. The great fortress was supposed to
be escape-proof and Reid was one of only a few men who successfully
broke out. Now, in Colditz: The Full Story, he draws on extensive
research to evoke life in the German camp. He recounts how
prisoners from the British Commonwealth, America, Belgium, France,
Holland, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Poland were incarcerated in
suffocating intimacy – and yet, amongst them, loyalty and
generosity thrived. As did plots to escape, most of which were
unsuccessful. From his own experience as one of the first captives
to be imprisoned in the camp, he reveals the code systems between
the War Office and Colditz; shows how he obtained information on
Germany’s secret weapons; and investigates the existence of
traitors and the situation of non-collaborators. This is a vivid
and fascinating account that pays tribute to the bravery of the men
living under enemy control who refused to give up the fight.
‘Highly recommended reading’ New York Times
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