Colditz Castle (or Schloss Colditz in German) is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the …

Colditz Castle, German prisoner-of-war camp in World War II, the site of many daring escape attempts by Allied officers. The castle sits on a steep hill overlooking the Mulde River as it …

Colditz: With David McCallum, Richard Heffer, Paul Chapman, Jack Hedley. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Colditz Castle and their many attempts to escape …

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. The prisoners' dramatic and ingenious escapes …

Herrschersitz, Jagdschloss, Witwenresidenz – mit seinen weißen Giebeln ist Schloss Colditz eines der schönsten mitteldeutschen Baudenkmäler des 16. Jahrhunderts – und Ausflugsziel …

During the early months of the war, the German military identified Colditz Castle as an ideal site for a high-security prison. On a rocky outcrop above the Mulde River, the fortress had long …

Colditz (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔldɪts] ⓘ) is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers …

Mar 4, 2023 · With its numerous isolation cells, Colditz Castle was considered to be the ultimate military prison, or a super-prison. It was the Alcatraz of the Third Reich for prisoners-of-war …

Nov 21, 2022 · For his new book, bestselling author Ben Macintyre has set his sights on the most infamous PoW camp of the Second World War. He reveals how the legendary escape …

The best of the Colditz attractions is, of course the castle itself. This was the location of the famous World War II POW camp for Allied officers, subject of numerous books and films. To …