The Diggers of Colditz
The classic Australian POW story about escape from the inescapable

My interest in the story of Colditz as a WW2 POW camp peaked when I saw a documentary of how in an attic the prisoners were able to build a small glider that when shot out of the modified attic window they estimated would take them far enough away from the castle to freedom. (Still available on YouT......more

This is a story of men in the worst of situations looking out for each other, while at the same time being as disruptive as possible to their captors. The authors, Jack Champ, who was a prisoner in Colditz, and professional researcher/writer, Colin Burgess, maintain a writing style that is entertain......more

Am incredible story from the view of diggers and amazing in what they went through to escape from prison Ed of war camps to get back home. Even if most attempts weren’t successful for long once escaped but the few that were are amazing. And what resources they used in escape attempts and to survive.......more

Interesting book about a subset of the famous Colditz prisoners, namely the Australians. Interesting how much closer the ties between Australia and the UK were then. Learnt some new stuff, for example did you know more French prisoners escaped from the Prison that British. Like the coda which briefl......more