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ColditzCastle in eastern Germany, near Leipzig, used as a high-security prisoner-of-war camp (Oflag IVC) in World War II. Among daring escapes was that of British Captain Patrick Reid (1910-1990) and others in October 1942, whose story contributed much to its fame. It became a museum in 1989. A highly successful British TV drama series called Colditz (1972) was based on prisoners' experiences. The castle was considered escape-proof and so was used to house prisoners with important connections and those who had a record of escape from less secure camps. Although there were 130 successful escapes, only 32 managed to evade recapture.
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10 Field AE, Manson JE, Taylor CB, Willett WC, Colditz GA. Graham Colditz of Harvard Medical School in Boston reanalyzed a 2002 reporting waistlines. For nearly 20 years, we have documented the huge impact that diabetes has on the health care system, from kidney failure to dialysis and so on," say Colditz. |
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