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Macintyre, Ben,
author.
Prisoners of the castle :
an epic story of survival and escape from Colditz, the Nazis' fortress prison /
Ben Macintyre.
New York :
Crown,
[2022]
xvii, 342 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.
Prologue: Franz Josef -- The Originals -- Le Ray's Run -- The Bad Boys' Camp -- Goon-Baiting -- Ballet Nonsense -- Le Metro -- Clutty of MI9 -- Seeking for a Path -- Dogsbody -- The Prominente Club -- Shabash -- The Dentist Spies -- Madness -- The Sparrows -- The Red Fox -- The Rhine Maiden -- Besieged -- Endgame.
"During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners. For four years, these prisoners of the castle tested its walls and its guards with ingenious escape attempts that would become legend. But as Macintyre shows, the story of Colditz was about much more than escape. Its population represented a society in miniature, full of heroes and traitors, class conflicts and secret alliances, and the full range of human joy and despair. "--
Provided by publisher.
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Oflag IVC (Concentration camp.)
Schloss Colditz (Colditz, Germany)
History.
World War, 1939-1945
Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoner-of-war escapes
Germany
Colditz
History.
Prisoners of war
Germany
Colditz.