The incredible story of a secret glider built for escape by POWs in Colditz Castle. #history #WWII #escape #colditz | World Lens

Yesterday, on its way to Ukraine, the convoy visited Colditz Castle in Germany, once a prison for Allied soldiers during WWII, and now also home to a friendly cat 🐱🫶 The group learned about the men who were captured there and explored the rooms where they spent their days in captivity. The chapel, over 500 years old, was the site of several escape tunnels dug by prisoners determined to break free. Colditz was notorious for housing POWs who had already escaped from other camps, guarded under th