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Ben Macintyre is Back with a Monumental War Tale

The star of his story is Colditz Castle, the Nazis’ 500-year-old fortress prison

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Peter Eisner
Jul 16, 2022
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Ben Macintyre, one of the great contemporary chroniclers of World War II spydom, has now turned his focus to the heroic days of escape and evasion at Colditz Castle, the imposing but surprisingly penetrable fortress that became one of the most folkloric Nazi prisons during World War II.

Colditz Castle Photo Credit:Wikimedia Commons.

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