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Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany’s infamous ‘escape-proof’ wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold, by any means necessary. In this riveting account – by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic – historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tell the story of the twenty Australians who made this castle their ‘home’, and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible – escape! ‘A stirring testimony of mateship . . . We are often on tenterhooks, always impressed by their determination, industry and courage’ Australian Book Review
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The Diggers of Colditz.
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George Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1985
ISBN 10: 0868614866
ISBN 13: 9780868614861
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 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. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 046555
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HARDOVER. Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany's infamous 'escape-proof' wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold . . . by any means necessary. In this riveting account - by turns humorous, heartfelt and tragic - historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tells the story of the twenty Australians who made this castle their 'home', and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible - escape! 'A stirring testimony of mateship . . . We are often on tenterhooks, always impressed by their determination, industry and courage' Australian Book Review 1985, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by very light shelf rubbing to the heel of the spine and light tanning to the edges with a couple of small spots on the fore edge. The d/w is also near fine with only light bumping to the head of the spine. Seller Inventory # 14619481
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