During WWlI, the Germans boasted that their prisoner-of-war camp, the famed Colditz Castle, was escape proof-but they were wrong. Jack Champ and other prisoners were among those who attempted escape from the massive stronghold -- some even succeeded. "The Diggers of Colditz" is the story of these men and how they kept their dreams of freedom alive under the tyranny of the Nazis.
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During WWlI, the Germans boasted that their prisoner-of-war camp, the famed Colditz Castle, was escape proof-but they were wrong. Jack Champ and other prisoners were among those who attempted escape from the massive stronghold -- some even succeeded. "The Diggers of Colditz" is the story of these men and how they kept their dreams of freedom alive under the tyranny of the Nazis.
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Publisher:
Australian Military History Publications
Published:
1985
Alibris ID:
16632637720
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 224pp, index, bw ills, endpaper plans. Or black boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket and boards, some fading of spineBy the end of WWII there were 19 Australians in Colditz and this is the first book to look at life there specifically from their point of view. Colditz was designed to retain under escape-proof conditions a select group of Allied prisoners who had already escaped from other camps and had been recaptured while still in enemy territory.
