Colditz
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Colditz is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II.
Town and castle
Colditz Castle on the Mulde river
Allied officers at Colditz Castle (1941)
Johann David Koehler 1720
Prisoner-of-war camp
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A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war.
Colditz
…German pronunciation: ) is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II. Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the city of Leipzig. The town centre is located on the banks of…
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