{"id":17653,"date":"2022-09-14T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=215759"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:33:08","slug":"escape-from-colditz","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/escape-from-colditz\/","title":{"rendered":"Escape from Colditz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Attar\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Bestselling author and historian Ben Macintyre joins us to discuss one of the most infamous German prisoner of war camps of the Second World War<\/a>. In conversation with Rob Attar he describes some of the most ingenious escape attempts from the hilltop castle, but also reveals how the prisoner experience encompassed boredom, racism and class conflict.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/HistoryExtra20220914-7722dc9.mp3<\/a><\/audio>

Ben Macintyre is the author of Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle<\/em> (Peguin Books, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n