935: Ben Macintyre | Escaping from a Nazi Fortress Prison

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Join us for adventure with Ben Macintyre, author of Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison!

What We Discuss with Ben Macintyre:

• How Germany's Colditz Castle — around in some form or another since 1046 — came to serve as a Nazi POW camp for high-ranking officers of the Western Allies during World War II. •

• How concentrating Allied officers who had previously escaped from other camps — or were deemed to be a high-security risk — into one place turned Colditz into a highly competitive "escape university." •

• Why the hodgepodge layout of Colditz (known as Oflag IV-C during the war) made it a terribly inefficient prison • — from which more than 30 successful escape attempts were made between 1939 and 1945.

• Plans for more than 300 escape attempts made over the years involved everything from clever disguises to hand-dug tunnels to a glider made from bedsteads, floorboards, cotton sheets, and porridge. •

• What happened to Colditz and its prisoners • after the war?

• And much more...

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