Colditz

Royal aides despair that Covid-secure quarters in Balmoral are like ‘Colditz prison camp’

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Don’t wish you were here: Royal aides despair that Covid-secure quarters in Balmoral are like ‘Colditz prison camp’ ‘Stir-crazy’ aides are preparing Balmoral for the Queen and Prince Philip’s arrival They have been banned from socialising to protect the royals from coronavirus The Queen and Prince Philip are expected within days and will stay for … Read more

Inside Colditz Camp: Failed escapes revealed in picture archive from prisoner of war camp

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The repeated escape attempts and day to days lives of prisoners inside one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious prisoner of war camps have been revealed with a collection of photographs.  German photographer Johnannes Lange was tasked with documenting every failed Allied escape from Colditz Camp in Leipzig during the Second World War. Among the shots … Read more