Colditz castle

Oflag IV-C, known worldwide as Colditz Castle, was a maximum German Army prisoner-of-war camp for captured Allied officers during World War II. 

Located in Colditz, Saxony, the camp operated within the medieval Colditz Castle, which overlooks the town. The word "Oflag" is an abbreviation of the German term Offizierslager, meaning "officers' camp". 

The camp held allied officers who were deemed escape risks or who had already attempted many escapes from other prison camps. Colditz Castle became a site of numerous escape attempts during the war, some of which were successful and unfortunately some ended in tragedy. Nevertheless is was an officers duty to make try and get back to there country and disrupt the German war machine as much as possible. Colditz castle had many notable prisoners .

Douglas Bader: A famous legless British Royal Air Force fighter ace who was captured after being shot down over France and attempted many escapes during his time as a P.O.W.

Pat Reid: A British army officer whose post-war books, including The Colditz Story, made the camp's escape history known throughout the world.

Airey Neave: The first British officer to successfully make a "home run" escape from Colditz, who later became a British Member of Parliament, who was assassinated by the IRA

Charles Upham: A New Zealand Captain and the only combat soldier to receive the Victoria Cross twice, an incredible achievement of bravery.

Sir David Stirling: The founder of the wartime Special Air Service (SAS), Stirling transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1947. Stirling was granted the honorary rank of Lt. Col as a reservist, a rank that he retained on his retirement in 1965. 

Many books, films, T.V series, Internet and articles have kept the stories of Colditz in the minds of interesting parties and will do for many years to come.