Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the towns of Hartha and Grimma on a hill spur
Castle Colditz in 2011
Colditz Castle 1828 by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, Albertinum, Dresden
Coat of arms of Augustus of Saxony and his wife Anne of Denmark over the gate to the outer courtyard
The mannerist portal (rhyolitic tuff) of the church house carved by Andreas Walther II during 1584
Josef Bryks, MBE, was a Czechoslovak cavalryman, fighter pilot, prisoner of war and political prisoner.
Josef Bryks in Czechoslovak Air Force uniform
Bryks flew an Avia B-534 fighter with the 33rd Fighter Squadron
Hurricane Mk IIb fighters in formation over Essex in 1941
A formation of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters