list of british prisoners in colditz

It is very important to note that the Soviet Union had not signed the Geneva Convention and hence the main Nazis reasoned that the POWs captured were to be treated similarly cruelly to the Jews, Slavs and the myriad of other prisoners who were systematically ill-treated, brutalised & murdered during the war. The Fund's operations include assistance to widows and orphans of fallen colleagues in the country, the fees for the lawyers defending prisoners before German courts, the payment of salaries of the cadets and soldiers, as well as cultural and educational activities. Later renamed Quebec barracks and a base of the British Army after the war. The main Dulag Luft camp at Frankfurt was the principal collecting point for intelligence derived from Allied POW interrogation. Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. Often, the food was placed in the barn in the dark of night for the men to get what they could. Free shipping for many products! Other nominal card indexes are located in the Document Reading Room at The National Archives. Stalag 316 Wolknowysk (Vawkavysk, Belarus). Approximately 4,700 U.S. infantrymen were held there, far exceeding the capacity of the camp and resulting in very severe overcrowding, even after their officers and NCOs were later transferred to other camps. If one is interested in spy craft and traitors during World War II and the Cold War there are few authors that have produced more satisfying works than Ben Macintyre. Importantly for other internees in the camp, among the 68 Dutch was Hans Larive with his knowledge of the Singen route. Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. It was designed to hold 10,000 men, was the largest in the 3rd Military District, and was considered a model for other camps. In September 1943, as the Italian government neared collapse, the inmates of Sulmona heard rumours that the evacuation of the camp was imminent. They were then transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp and executed. Starting in 1940, this gloomy, Saxon castle above a small town in eastern Germany was used to house the most "difficult" of the Allied POWs. Documentary. The successful escapes by Lt. Michael Duncan and Captain O'Sullivan were documented extensively at the time by British Intelligence. Although partially demolished during the 1920s, it was used to accommodate about 750 men. Opened September 1940 and closed May 1942. Aerial photographs of camps are in AIR 40/227-231. (Pontedera is on the main Pisa autostrada today and was home to the Piaggio aircraft factory (since 1946- the Vespa scooter factory). We have German AND Italiancamp listings in our fully searchable databases! Stalag I-E Prostken (Protski, Poland). in September 1943 PG60 was turned into a concentration camp for political prisoners and Jews. A card index to additional more comprehensive Liberation reports in WO 208/3328-3340 is located in the Document Reading Room at The National Archives. It was opened as a POW camp in September 1939 and housed mainly Belgian officers. Escaped en route to Leipzig for court martial. On 9 April 1945 the guards at Milag-Marlag moved out and were replaced by older men, presumably local Volkssturm. The area was fenced with barbed double fence height. Disembarking in Italy, POWs were given a quick clean-up at their port of disembarkation, usually Brindisi or Taranto. The British forces (XXX corps) advancing through this area had been aware of the POW camp but, until two escaped British Secret Service men reached them they were unaware of several thousand political prisoners in a separate compound. BBC News. 50 Caserna Genova Cavalleria Macao (Rome). Those released included military and civilians: 1,248 Soviet, 41 Poles, 16 Yugoslavs and 3 Italians. Located close to the Southern part of Krakow, this was a punishment camp for French and Belgian POWs who refused to work. This is an excellent account of Colditz, a special prisoner of war camp for special prisoners. On 14th September, German troops arrived to escort the prisoners northwards, to captivity in Germany, but not before hundreds of them had escaped into the hills. Many of the prisoners also found inventive ways to get under the skin of their captors. In the late 1930s the German Army built a large base and training ground at which the XIX Army Corps of General Heinz Guderian was based. Every report includes a narrative, of variable length, which describes an individual's experiences as an escaper, evader or prisoner of war. If you fail to find a name, it is unlikely, although still possible to find details from the ICRC archives (see below), if you have confirmed a name and camp but wish to know a little more, the ICRC may, again, be able to assist. Located at 53 degrees, 20 minutes, 35 seconds North, 15 degrees, 0 minutes East in the far North of Germany on the Baltic coast. A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Eric Portman, 247,302 A new camp for officers, Oflag II-E was created close by and Polish warrant officers and ensigns were transferred to it. Within months two officers from Dssel, Lieutenant Jock Hamilton-Baillie and Captain Frank Weldon, proposed digging a tunnel north from Block 2's latrine to a villager's chicken coop about 30 m (98 ft) away. The camp was situated on a former army training ground (bungsplatz), and had been used during World War I as a camp for Soviet prisoners. Relocated to Biberach, housed mainly French and Serbo-Croat officers. They were soon joined by a handful of British Army officers and later by Belgian officers. Stars: POWs worked in Lodz city. In August 1944, the largest mass rescue of POWs of the war in Europe took place when 132 Allied prisoners from Stalag XVIII-D were freed by Partisans in the raid at St Lorenzen. Buckley was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm and as such the Germans had placed him, with all other FAA aircrew, under the responsibility of the Luftwaffe. After an eight-week 500 kilometres (310 mi) march in bitterly cold weather they reached Stalag X-B and Marlag und Milag Nord in Sandbostel. Unfortunately, as the tunnel was within a few feet of its end it was discovered. Researchers should note that these reports mostly relate to the European, Mediterranean or North Africa theatres of war. Part of one barrack was set aside for use as a chapel. However that afternoon a detachment of over a hundred SS-Feldgendarmerie (SS Military police) entered the camp, mustered over 3,000 men and marched them out, heading east. The camp was located on the outskirts of the village of Wutzezt. Other camps found as listed but without designations (mostly civilian): Ellera Corciano, Castiglione della Valle/Castel Serena & Pietraffita Tavernelle. He was killed in action on 1 September 1944, commanding the second Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, and is buried at Airaines Cemetery in France. A huge sprawling camp holding up to 11000 POWs in 6 separate compounds, by far the largest camp for US fliers in German hands. In September and October 1943 Italian prisoners arrived after the Italian capitulation. The purpose of this is as follows: These can contain names and addresses of helpers, nature of help given, and relevant dates. Walter Fitzgerald, After the failed Warsaw Uprising and "Operation Tempest" more prisoners were brought there from Poland. Opened November 1939, Liberated 16th April 1945. Stanislau camp, also known as Stalag 371, was a POW camp during World War II. John Mills, Whilst these magazines make a nave but charming read and often gave some useful information on what to put into a prisoner's parcel and various other questions of concern to the POWs' families, they did not portray an accurate reflection of camp life in almost all circumstances. This was a forced labour camp located some 22 miles from the city of Lubin and was used as a German army camp from 1939 until 1941. There were also camps designated Oflag 65 at Strasbourg in France, Wurzach in Germany, Schaulen in Lithuania and Osnabruck in Germany. The Colditz Glider. Stalag was short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager. Most of the prisoners were British officers captured during the Battle of France in 1940. Tran Van Khe, Approved Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice), Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. Drama, History, War. Although some POW exchanges took place between 1942 and 1944, the vast majority of British and Commonwealth captives were not repatriated until 1945. The march from Gross Tychow lasted approximately 86 days. The original camp (known as the old camp) was surrounded by barbed-wire fence. When U.S. troops liberated Colditz in April 1945, 31 prisoners had successfully reached home after more than 300 attempts. Located at Annaberg-Bucholz in Germany, this was also a POW camp in WWI. This was closed down and the patients moved to Hohenstein-Ernsthal in February 1944. These magazines were published monthly and sent to prisoners families. The Italians held them in holding camps in the desert until transportation to the Italian mainland a few days or weeks later. The bunk beds were in blocks of nine- three on the top, three in the middle and three on the bottom. Names and addresses of helpers and their descriptions (where necessary) were included. | In Germany, only those POWs from Britain, France, the Low Countries, the US, the Commonwealth and a few selected other countries were treated with any reference to the Geneva Convention's rules. In June 1942, to ease overcrowding, three new barracks were built, and 400 British NCOs were transferred to Stalag XVIII-B at Spittal. In late September 1939 the camp was changed to a prisoner-of-war camp to house Polish soldiers from the September Campaign, particularly those from the Pomorze Army. A second tunnel, about 40 m (130 ft) long, was built from April to August 1944. When the POW camp in Bergen ceased operation in early 1945, as the Wehrmacht handed it over to the SS, the cemetery contained over 19,500 dead Soviet prisoners. The workers who constructed the original buildings were housed in camps near Fallingbostel and Bergen, the latter being the so-called Bergen-Belsen Army Construction Camp. | Upham jumped from the truck at a bend and managed to get 400 yards (370 m) away before being recaptured. Some of the more critically ill were moved to the 650th Hospital on 25/11/44. A Michael Alexander (British Army officer) John Arundell, 16th Baron Arundell of Wardour B Douglas Bader John William Best Tadeusz Br-Komorowski Dominic Bruce Hugh Bruce Louis Buisson Micky Burn C Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway John Chrisp Antoni Chruciel Yves Congar D Gris Davies-Scourfield John Dickinson (RAF Officer) Stalag X-B was a World War II German Prisoner-of-war camp located near Sandbostel in north-western Germany. French and Italian soldiers were also kept here (from the end of September 1943 to March 1944). Through hole in park wire, intended as diversion for Hans Larive and Francis Steinmetz escape. Stalag X-B Sandbostel Schleswig Location N/E 53-09. Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. P.G. Lager Borkum was used for German technicians and volunteers from different countries of Europe. Feldpost 07465 (27/1/42-14/7/42) Stalag 310 Weitzendorf (Soviet POWS), Feldpost 07667 (3.10.1944) Stalag 304 Zeithain (Soviet POWS), Festetich Street (Civilian Camp), Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Field Hospital 519, Raab (Gyor), Hungary 47-17, Field-Hospital 1244 ABT/2-D Bad Nauheim Rheinland, Prussia 50-08, Freising Hospital (Serves Stalag VII-A) Moosburg Bavaria 48-11, Frontstalag 122 Civilian Internment Camp Clermont France 45-03, Frontstalag 194, Vittel Civilian Internment Camp Vosges France 48-06, Frontstalag 221 Civilian Internment Camp St. Medard France 45- 0, Giromagny For Civilians Giromagny France 47-06, Haftanstald Kattowitz Upper Silesia 50-19, Hohe Mark Hospital (Serves Dulag Luft) Oberursel Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-07, Hospital #11 (Serves Stalag X-A) Schleswig Schleswig 54-09, Hospital 18-A (Serves Stalag XVIII-A) Villach-Karnten Carinthia, Austria 46-14, Hospital 3 B and 4 (Graz) Graz Styria, Austria 47-15, Hospital At Bilin (Serves Stalag IV-C) Bilin Bohemia 50-13, Hospital At Kosel Kosel Upper Silesia 50-18, Hospital at Muenstierel Lazaret(Serves Stalag VI-G) Bonn Rheinland, Prussia 50-07, Hospital at Stalag I-B Hohenstein East Prussia 53-20, Hospital at Stalag II-A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg 53-13, Hospital Franzis Kusplatz Prague Bohemia 50-14, Hospital Karoly Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Hospital Le Calvaire Pont-Chateau France 47-02, Hospital Meiningen #1288 (Serves Stalag IX-C) Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen 50-10, Hospital Sandbostel (Serves Stalag X- Sandbostel Schleswig 53-09, Hospital Lingen (Thuine) (Serves Stalag VI-G) Hanover Prussia 52-07, Ilag (Civilian Internment Camp) Bergen-Belsen Hanover, Prussia 52-10, Ilag 18 Spittal Am Drau Carinthia, Austria 46-13, Ilag 7/H Laufen (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-13, Ilag 7/Z Tittmoning (Civilian Internment Camp) Bavaria 48-12. In January 1945 the officers were marched out westward, finally arriving at Oflag III-A in Luckenwalde, south of Berlin. About 14,000 men are buried there. | Drama, War. Arrested at the docks, he was transferred to Colditz in December 1941. 92 British POWs held at this camp near Laussig. The camp was designed eventually to hold up to12,000 men. Most were immediately sent to Arbeitskommandos (work details). Opened in February 1942 &built with a brand new stone barracks for the incoming POWs. Dona Bradman, However there seldom were horses available, so teams of POWs pulled the wagons through the snow. Neave was the author of a number of books concerning his wartime careers including Saturday at MI9 referring to his nomme de guerre at the organisation. During World War II, The British Joint War Organisation sent standard food parcels, invalid food parcels, medical supplies, educational books and recreational materials to prisoners of war worldwide. A very unique window into WWII, as well as into prison life. After the war it was used for interned prisoners of the defeated regime. They were divided among the 25 huts to work as orderlies, in addition to the lower ranks that were already doing this work. 88 min The French and British did set up language lessons between themselves and some sport was played within the confines of the castle. Hot showers and barbers were available, and an issue of clothing, though poor in quality, satisfied an urgent need. Up until October 1943 - 2459 officers and 302 other ranks, 1 October 1943 - 2561 officers and 292 other ranks. This scene was photographed by the Germans as "evidence" and later reprinted in his biography (Mark of the Lion, by Kenneth Sandford). On January 21, 1945, the roll call established a total of 1,471. On the eastern, right, bank of the River Warter, near to the present day St. Roch bridge, stood Fort Rauch, the most southern of the right bank fortifications. It could have ended much worse. The Villa Orsini close by, was used to house very senior British and Commonwealth officers including: Major-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame, Air Marshal Boyd, General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, Brigadier Reginald Miles and Brigadier James Hargest. A very well researched and invaluable insight into the escape and the nature of the men who carried it out. David Greene, PG-13 -Also known as Stalag 344, Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-b. Littledale KIA: August 1944. Originally opened in May1941 the camp reported having 1officers and 10other ranks on 26th February 1943. On the 11th May 1942 52 POWs escaped from Kirchain via a tunnel, all were later recaptured. Best, 'Imperial Prisoners of War held in Italy dated August 1943. German and Italian camps! Director: 111 min The camp administration did not start any preventive measures until some German soldiers became infected. From January 1944, Wietzendorf was the site of one of the largest camps for Italian officers known as Oflag 83. 151 Officers held here as of 26/2/43 Originally opened June 1941. By June 1940 most of the Poles had been transferred to other camps and replaced with Belgian and French troops taken prisoner during the Battle of France. | There was a military hospital also at this location, it held 2 British, 3703 US, 9053 Soviet, 840 Yugoslav, 2200 Italian and 15514 French Pows as of February 1945 (Shaef reports). Nick Tate, The list of authors can be seen in the page history. 100 British POWs held in the dancehall of the Hotel Kronprinz near Bautzen. At this point, I should stop being surprised. Oflag II-C Woldenburg was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the town of Woldenberg, Brandenburg (now Dobiegniew, western Poland). At Taranto the arrangements, in the hands of the Italian Navy, were known as very efficient. Listen. 357 officers and 58 other ranks were reported here on 26/2/43. They slept on the bare bunks, without blankets, in unheated areas and in very cramped conditions. Finally the Senior British Naval Officer offered the Germans the POWs parole, in return for being allowed to rest during the day and march at night. Other than the aforementioned, a fee of 100 Swiss francs (currently 67) is charged per hour per research, this only applies to records over 60 years old. Colditz. Nearest Village Lauta, 85 British POWs here. A SHAEF report dated 10/2/45 reports these 2 camps marching westwards, location was 52N 14E. Stars: It was redesignated Oflag XIII-D in September 1941. 52 degrees 32 minutes North, 11 degrees 52 minutes south map reference Z950510. Until it closed in August 1944, nearly 17000 POWs were housed here for some time. Articles 27 to 34 listed the conditions of the work that could be required. The number of inmates reached its peak of 5,944 officers and 796 orderlies. On 22 June 1943, all reserve officers of the Belgian Army held at Oflag II-A in Prenzlau were moved to Oflag X-D Fischbek. Oflag IX-C (Molsdorf) was used to house Women Officers of the Polish army and was widely known (even to the International Red Cross) as the worst of all of those run by German forces during WWII for its near concentration-camp conditions. Records concerning Royal Air Force and Allied Air Force prisoners will be found in the correspondence of the Air Ministry in AIR 2 (code B 89), as well as in the Unregistered Papers (PoWs) in AIR 20 (code 89). The camp was designated Stalag XX-A (301) and located in the Friesack area, Brandenburg region. Colin Gordon, Opened September 1939, closed January 1942. The camp was opened in June 1940 for French officers captured during the Battle of France. Red Cross parcels were not permitted to be sent to the disarmed prisoners of the Axis forces after the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945 as they were not classified as POWs at this stage. A large (10 acre) island on lake Trasimeno in Umbria. (Small camp with around 25 prisoners at any one time). There are some surviving BAOR (British Army Of the Rhine) reports reference WC/C/243 (war crimes) regarding the forced marches from Nebrandenburg camps to the Schwerin area in 1945 these can now be found at the national archives under reference WO209/1047. Corran Purdon, Approved | 11, Hospital #12-Gombos Gyul, Budapest, Hungary 47-19, Salonika Civilian Internment Camp Salonika Greece 40-23, San Martino Civilian Internment Camp Monferrato Italy 45-08, Schuler Military Hospital, Ploesti (Ploesci) Romania 45-26, Serbian Hospital Zagreb Croatia, Yugoslavia 45-16, Sinaia Military Hospital #415, Sinaia, Romania 45-25, Skoplue Military Hospital Serbia Southern Yugoslavia 42-21, Sofia Military Hospital Sofia Bulgaria 42-23, Sospel Civilian Internment Camp Monaco France 44-07, Spitalul de Stat, Targoviste, Romania 45-25, St. Denis (Grand Caserine) Civilian Internment Camp Paris France 49-02, Stadtroda Hospital #1170 (Serves Stalag IX-C) Stadtroda Thuringia, Germany 51-11, State Hospital Trencin Czechoslovakia 49-18, Sub-Lagarule Timis, Timisul de Jos, Romania 45-21, Targu-Jiu POW Camp, Targu-Jiu, Romania 45-23, Teil Lazarett (Serves Stalag XVIII-A) Spittal/Drau Carinthia, Austria 46-13, Transit Camp 133 Unknown (probably located in Rennes, France as Lazarett 133), Transit Camp and Hospital (Dulag 127) Zemun Slavonia 45-20, Transit Camp Feld Post #319797 Location Unknown, Val De Grace Hospital For Civilians Paris France 49-02, Vaucluse Restricted Residence For Civilians Vaucluse France 44-05, Venlo Restricted Residence For Civilians Venloo Holland 51-06, Vernet Civilian Internment Camp Ariege France 43-01, Vincenzo Civilian Internment Camp Vincenzo Italy 45-11, Von Kormend Civilian Hospital Szombathely, Hungary 47-16, Wartenburg Prison Wartenburg East Prussia 53-20, The International Committee of the Red Cross, The Red Cross together with the order of St John joined forces during WWII just as they had in WWI to carry out extensive humane services for the sick and wounded, for POWs and civilians alike. In 1943 the Germans suggested an exchange of equal numbers of Merchant Navy prisoners, but this offer was refused by the First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander on the grounds it would be more to Germany's benefit, as it would provide them with a large number of men suitable to be used as U-boat crews, of which they were desperately short. In October 1944 most of the officers from the Warsaw Uprising were brought to this camp. Punishment of prisoners was severe, particularly after July 1944 when the SS took over jurisdiction of camp security (although did not place guards generally) US prisoners who did not follow regulations or tried to escape were sentenced to as much as a month in a special solitary confinement building, Soviet POWs fared far worse however, and were generally killed either immediately or worked to death at the nearby Mauthausen KZ. At first they lived in tents, throughout the severe winter of 1939-1940, and construction of all the huts was not completed until 1941. In late 1944/early 1945 the camp population grew enormously with the arrival of prisoners evacuated from camps in the east in front of the advance of the Red Army. Opened in July 1941 in Suwalki/Sudauen in Poland (also known as Stalag IF see listing) mostly housing Soviets, a very large number of deaths were reported here from a peak population of over 100,000 men. Initially the camp was guarded by Naval troops. Damian Lewis, These are less 'sanitised' than the latter and sometimes include additional documents, annotations to the narrative, interrogators notes and Appendix B (see below). All of these reports were made by officers and men of the armed forces and merchant navy and usually provide: service details; when and where captured; home address and civilian occupation. Also at Suwalki, Poland. The northernmost POW camp in nazi occupied Europe. I particularly liked the last chapter, where he followed up on what happed to the main characters. The form consists of 25 questions relating to topics such as the work of escape committees; escape aids and their usefulness; German censorship; receipt and dissemination of coded messages; a collection of geographical information that might assist future escape attempts; and internal communications. The other pair was recaptured in Ulm. Several escape attempts, one successful on March 29th 1943 - Six British and New Zealand officers escaped through a tunnel from Castello di Vincigliata (Campo 12) near Florence, Italy. Grumello del Piano/del silenzio /Grumillina. District XIV Nearest city Karlsruhe, in the southwest of Germany. P.G. Camp E715 Buna/Monowitz where POWs worked alongside Jewish inmates from the adjacent Auschwitz III KZ (Konzentrationslager) -otherwise known as Extermination through work (Vernichtung durch Arbeit) camp. The Colditz Glider: A makeshift sailplane made by British prisoners of war during WWII. All went well as the six escapers entered the office during the previous evening and opened up the tunnel. The prisoners of war - mostly from France and the Soviet Union - had to perform forced labour in nearby factories and in agriculture. | The escape and evasion reports in AIR 40/1545-1552 include internal indexes, although these documents appear to be duplicates of the reports found in some of the WO 208 files described at the start of this section. The camp was renamed Oflag IX-A/H (Hauptlager, "Main camp") in June 1940, after Oflag IX-C at Rotenburg an der Fulda became a sub-camp (Zweiglager) designated Oflag IX-A/Z. Whilst they were ostensibly for collection of air force personnel their main purpose was as interrogation centres for newly captured aircrew, before they were transferred in batches to the permanent camps. It was then renumbered Oflag XII-B. They were housed in the open while huts were being built. That said, Im delighted to say that the project has now restarted but, because of social distancing, it will take longer to complete. After ten days they arrived at Frankenberg, but were challenged by soldiers suspicious of their uniforms. Broadcast Sun 26 Feb 2023 at 9:30pm. This was a work camp, making roads and operating a stone quarry. WWII POW and Internment Camps by Derek Tomlin this was particularly useful for adding numbers of POWs held to the data of many camps. The escapers, including Day, Buckley, Johnnie Dodge and future Carry on Film star Peter Butterworth were all recaptured within a week. Trevor Howard, Margnano lignite mine, listed elsewhere as 'Morgnano' -clearly a spelling error. From May/June 1940 Dutch and Belgian prisoners arrived from the Battle of France, followed by French. Between 1939 and 1945 1 million POWs of 46 nations passed through. 10 - Royal Signals,Caversham, reading, Berks, 11&13 - Grenadier Guards/Scots Guards, 25/28 Buckingham Gate, London SW1, 12 - Coldstream Guards, 75 Ashley Gardens, London SW1, 14 - Irish Guards, 71 Ashley Gardens, London SW1, 15 - Welsh Guards, 16 Wilton Crescent, London SW1, 18 - Infantry, The public hall, Lune Street, Preston, 23 - Infantry & APTC, Stanwell road school, Ashford, Middx, 28 & 37 & 38 - Pioneer Corps/Intelligence Corps, Non-Combatant Corps,The Dunholme Manor, Bournemouth, 30 & 31 - RAMC & ADC, Colet Court, Hammersmith, London W6, 32 - RAOC, Atlas House, Blackwells Court, Granby Street, Leicester, 33 - RAPC, F9 The War office, 18 Finsbury Circus London, EC2, 36 - Small Arms school Corps, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey, 41 & 45 - AAC & ACC, Drill Hall, East Claremont Street, Edinburgh 9, 43 - RA (HAA), St Maries Hall, Dunchurch Road, Rugby, 44 - REME, 2a Tichborne Street, Leicester. Part of the facilities were used as Oflag XIII-A for officers. Fort 11 (XI) named after Stefana Batorego. Five men escaped, but again were soon recaptured. On 15 May 1940 most of them were transferred to Oflag IV-B Konigsteine. The author himself narrates the audiobook - I truly enjoyed listening to the tales of this strange Nazi castle and the many brave men who were so determined to escape. 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