With its white gables, Colditz Castle is one of the finest 16th-century architectural monuments in central Germany. During the Second World War, it served as a major prisoner-of-war camp for high-ranking officers of the Western Allies. Among the prisoners were Winston Churchill’s nephew and the nephew of the then British King George VI. Today, the museum also tells the story of the many creative escape attempts – including secret tunnels and a secretly built glider. The book ‘The Colditz Story’ and its film adaptation made Colditz Castle near Leipzig world-famous.
