[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by August

There's a thread started by Eichhörnchen that discusses that very POW castle (Colditz) along with the subject of WW2 POWs in general. Very interesting.



http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ghlight=escape

Thanks, August. On the subject of the shooting of escapees, the fate of the 'Great Escapers' has become infamous, although from what I've read this was exceptional; there were many repeat-escapers consigned to camps which became known as "naughty boys" camps:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peo...a8209398.shtml