Colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war during WWII.

Those who persisted

in escaping from other camps were sent to the impregnable fortress of Colditz Ca
stle, situated on a rocky outcrop high above the River Mulde. Once within the wa
lls of the castle, the Germans reasoned, escape was impossible. And yet many pri
soners attempted escape and many succeeded
Pat Reid was one of those men. Appointed 'Escape Officer' by his fellow inmates,
he masterminded many of the attempts. From tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sac
ks, disguising themselves as German officers and even leaping from the castle wa
lls, nothing was too dangerous or foolhardy compared to imprisonment by the enem
y. Reid's own escape, in 1942, was both one of the most simple and the most dari
ng.