Colditz high security camp contained every persistent escaper, trouble maker and valuable hostage captured by the Germans in World War II. It was considered escape proof but the very opposite proved to be true. The prisoners pooled their collected talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war. Here, Henry Chancellor tells the prisoners' own story. Many have never spoken before but using over 50 original interviews, the English, French, Dutch and Polish officers, and their guards describe their experiences in the notorious castle, and their escape across Nazi Germany. It is a story of ingenuity and daring, a game of wit between captives and captors.
- ISBN10 034079495X
- ISBN13 9780340794951
- Publish Date 4 April 2002 (first published 9 August 2001)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 10 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Coronet Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 457
- Language English