Prisoners held in Colditz castle during World War II regularly enjoyed strip shows from local women, a new book has revealed. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, author Ben Macintyre writes that ...

Schloss Colditz now has a new museum in the wing where hundreds of Allied soldiers were imprisoned - Sebastian Theilig Looking out of my bedroom window in Schloss Colditz, I find it hard to fathom how ...

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Growing up in the seventies, World War II was writ large in the imaginations of young boys such as myself. There were endless films on TV, celebrating the tragedies, triumphs, victories and failures ...

Ben Macintyre's new book about Colditz casts fresh light on the myths about the German POW camp. Photo: Supplied / Stuff It is always pleasing when you are reading a book about far and foreign places ...

After writing more than a dozen critically lauded popular histories, many of them about espionage during the Second World War or the Cold War, Ben MacIntyre is enjoying a bit of a red-carpet moment: ...

An adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s book digs deep into wartime mythology and the behaviour of Douglas Bader Anita Singh Arts and Entertainment Editor Anita Singh is the Telegraph’s arts and ...

Colditz castle gained international fame through its use as a prisoner of war camp for Allied officers in World War II. (Peter Endig/AP) Review by Andrea Pitzer In 1943, French prisoners of war ...

This story is part of the February 11 edition of Good Weekend. See all stories. Ben Macintyre has written more than a dozen books about World War II and the Cold War ...

At a new museum inside Schloss Colditz, our writer hears tales of derring-do involving abseiling, dirty laundry and a sewing machine William Cook writes about travel in continental Europe for The ...