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Colditz Castle under threat

2 March 2008

The Battlefields Trust has heard that plans are afoot whichwould badly damage the surviving parts of Oflag IVC at Colditz Castle, the infamous prisoner of war camp used during the Second World War. Further detail sof the campaign to prevent this development can be found via the web-link.
www.ColditzCastle.net

 
 
 

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