Colditz (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔldɪts]) is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site...
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Colditz Castle (or Schloss Colditz in German) is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony...
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The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the 1952 memoir...
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The Colditz Cock was a glider built by British prisoners of war during World War II for an escape attempt from Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) prison camp...
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Colditz is a British television drama series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied...
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Oflag IV-C (redirect from Colditz Castle in popular culture)
known as Colditz Castle, was a prominent German Army prisoner-of-war camp for captured Allied officers during World War II. Located in Colditz, Saxony...
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Graham Andrew Colditz MD, DrPH (born 1 November 1954) is an Australian chronic disease epidemiologist. He is the inaugural Niess-Gain Professor at Washington...
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Colditz is a city in Saxony, Germany. Colditz may also refer to: Colditz Castle, founded in 1158 and used as a German prisoner-of-war camp during World...
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Reinhold Eggers (section World War II and Colditz)
shortened cut of a British documentary series, was based on his books about Colditz. He spent 10 years in Soviet-ordered imprisonment following the war and...
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Escape from Colditz is a board game produced by Gibsons Games of London in 1973 that simulates attempted escapes by Allied prisoners-of-war (POWs) from...
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Attempts to escape Oflag IV-C (redirect from Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle Escapes)
camp was situated in Colditz Castle, perched on a cliff overlooking the town of Colditz in Saxony. The German Army made Colditz a Sonderlager (high-security...
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The Birdmen (redirect from Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen)
The Birdmen, also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen, is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring...
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Colditz is a two-part 2005 television drama miniseries, based on the book Colditz: The Definitive History by Henry Chancellor, and the Channel 4 television...
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List of attempts to escape Oflag IV-C (redirect from Colditz Castle/List of Colditz Castle escape attempts)
of attempts to escape from Oflag IV-C, the famous prisoner-of-war camp. Escape from Colditz Castle — Article about escape attempts from Colditz Castle...
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ruthless Toby Meres in Callan (1967–72), the sadistic Major Horst Mohn in Colditz (1972–74), the suave titular gentleman thief in Raffles (1977), and the...
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heavy military transport aircraft Colditz Cock, a glider built by British Second World War prisoners of war in Colditz Castle for an escape attempt .co...
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Dave Days (redirect from David Colditz)
David Joseph Colditz (born August 13, 1991), commonly known as Dave Days, is an American musician and internet personality. He is best known for his YouTube...
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In October 2001, Childs appeared in the Big Finish Doctor Who audiobook Colditz. This audiobook introduced Childs as the character of Elizabeth Klein....
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Pat Reid (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
War, he was held captive at Colditz Castle when it was designated Oflag IV-C. Reid was one of the few to escape from Colditz, crossing the border into neutral...
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Dominic Bruce (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
escape from Colditz Castle, a castle that housed prisoners of war "deemed incorrigible". He was named by Jim Rogers ("Tunnelling into Colditz") as one of...
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slightly dropped keystones, as in the "church house" entrance portal at Colditz Castle. Numerous examples are found in the work of Sebastiano Serlio, a...
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Airey Neave (category British escapees from Colditz Castle)
first British prisoner-of-war to succeed in escaping from Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, and later worked for MI9. After the war he served with the International...
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Micky Burn (category Prisoners of war held at Colditz Castle)
sent to Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C. There, using shorthand learnt for his previous employment in journalism, Burn acted as scribe to Colditz's secret radio...
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Brian Degas (section Colditz)
Colditz, a model of the Colditz glider for Airfix Colditz Breakpoint, a dramatic journey into the sounds of pursuit, capture and escape from Colditz released...
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stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in Colditz (1972–73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes (1986–94)...
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described Gordonstoun, noted for its especially rigorous curriculum, as "Colditz in kilts", he later praised the school, stating it had taught him "a great...
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Band of Brothers John Janovec Episodes: "Why We Fight" and "Points" 2005 Colditz Jack Rose 2 episodes 2005 The Virgin Queen Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester...
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(1964–1968). His other notable television roles include Simon Carter in Colditz (1972–1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982). Beginning in 2003...
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countries that were imprisoned in, for example, the POW camp for officers Colditz (Oflag IV-C) or the Nazi concentration camps Sachsenhausen and Dachau for...
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Sherlock Holmes (1965) The Man in Room 17 (1966) Sergeant Cork (1966) Colditz Episode - Lord, Didn't it Rain (1972-1974) War and Peace (1972-1973) Barlow...
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