Colditz, First Edition

Colditz high security camp contained every presistent escaper, trouble maker and valuable hostage captured by the Germans in World War II. It was considered escape proof but the very opposite proved to be true. The prisoners pooled their collected talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war. Now, for the first time in Colditz, Henry Chancellor tells the prisoners' own story. Many have never spoken before but using over fifty original interviews, the English, French, Dutch and Polish officers, and their guards describe their experiences in the notorious castle, and their escape across Nazi Germany. This book grew out of the television series, Escape From Colditz, which was twelve years in the making, won sweeping critical praise and has been shown around the world. It is a story of breathtaking ingenuity and daring, a game of wit between captives and captors.

Henry Chancellor was born in London in 1968. He grew up in East Anglia and went to Trinity College Cambridge. His documentaries for television include 'The Great Belzoni' 'Pirates' and 'Millennium' and 'Escape From Colditz'. He lives in Suffolk with his wife and two sons. This is his first book.