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 | Colditz | The story of Colditz - German WWII fortress for Allied POWs. Many stories of escapes, both successful and not, but also lots of great historical detail on conditions, relations between the different nations, social hierarchies within the prisoners and plenty of info from a German prison officer point of view. |
| by Ben Macintyre | ||
| Score: 8 | ||
| Published: 2022 | ||
| Read: January 27th 2026 |
Comments
John said
So this was really interesting, especially all the stuff about everyday life eg the chasm between officer and orderly - I didn't know Douglas Bader (for example) was quite so horrible to his batman. Pat Reid was the most prominent (British) escapee having written his well-known book, but he apparently only covered the adventures of the plucky officers, and skated over much of the reality.