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Books and audio books
Escape from Colditz by Reinhold Eggers (Robert Hale Paperback, 1991) £9.99.
The extraordinary 'cat and mouse' game between guards and prisoners recalled by Colditz's security officer and the creator of the castle's escape museum.
Colditz by Reinhold Eggers (Robert Hale Paperback, 1999) £9.99.
Further intriguing revelations from 'the other side'.
Colditz Last Stop by Jack Pringle (Isis Paperbacks, 1998) £10.95.
The excitement, humour and tragedy of Colditz recounted by an ex-prisoner.
From Colditz in Code by J M Green (Glenvil Group 1989) £15.95.
The author, a dentist, was in the 51st Highland Division. After a succession of camps he ended up in Colditz, transmitting coded letters to London.
The Colditz Story: Complete and Unabridged by P R Reid, read by Tim Woodward (Chivers Audio Books audio cassette, 1991) £35.14.
Colditz prisoner Pat Reid's definitive account tells of the ingenuity, cunning and sheer bravado of its captives.
The Latter Days at Colditz: Complete and Unabridged by P R Reid, read by Terrence Hardiman (Chivers Audio Books, audio cassette, 1992) £42.24.
From the French tunnel and the German crackdown to the Colditz glider and the arrival of the US army: the concluding saga of the fortress prison.
In
Presence of my Foes by Gris Davies - Scourfield
The travels and travails of a POW £14.00.
Available from GD-S, Wilton 65 Publishers, Flat Top House, Bishop Wilton,
York, YO42 1RY. Cheques made payable to E.G.B. Davies-Scourfield (packing
& postage included).
Websites
Colditz Castle Oflag IVC
www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/8963
A good introduction to Colditz Castle, its history and the major escape attempts.
Colditz
- Gateway to Saxony
www.colditz-4c.com
A virtual
tour of the town, the Escape Museum and the Castle, plus a virtual art
exhibition 'Everyday Life in Oflag IVC' and links to a number of Saxony
sites.
Glider
www.colditzcastle.net/page_1163355889062.html
Includes the only photograph of the original glider (a replica is in the Imperial War Museum), plus plans, an original drawing of the building of the glider, and more.
Prisoners of War Exhibition
Imperial War Musuem
There is a permanent Prisoners of War Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
Tel: 020 7416 5000
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