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The Fifty – ‘Shot whilst trying to escape….’

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  • Arthur Nebe the man who oversaw the Sagan Order

    Arthur Nebe – The man who condemned ‘The Fifty’ Stalag Luft III escapers

    August 24, 2017 0

    The movie, 13 Minutes, dramatically chronicles the 8 November attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. A glance down the list of main characters throws up a most interesting and familiar name. Arthur Nebe. […]

  • Rolex Watch of Great Escape POW makes record price at auction

    Watch of Great Escape hero sells at auction for staggering $246,000

    August 22, 2017 0

    A 1940 Rolex Oyster wristwatch belonging to a Stalag Luft III POW has sold for $246,194 (£165,000) at a UK auction house. Hans Wilsdorf, founder of the Rolex watch company, came up with a novel sales tactic during World War II. […]

  • James Garner as Hendley The Scrounger in The Great Escape movie

    The Scrounger – It wasn’t Cricket….

    July 24, 2017 0

    One of the most poignant exchanges in the movie account of The Great Escape (1963) is that between The Scrounger Hendley (James Garner) and The Forger Blythe (Donald Pleasence). […]

  • Lt. Gen. Arthur P. Clark played an important role in The Great Escape

    Lt. Gen. Albert Clark and The Great Escape

    July 24, 2017 0

    In England, there exists a strange Christmas tradition. One or other of the nation’s TV networks will invariably air a screening of the classic 1963 movie, The Great Escape. […]

  • Books about The Great Escape

    Stalag Luft III in Words and Pictures

    July 21, 2017 0

    While genuine artifacts from Stalag Luft III seldom appear in salesrooms, with so little having survived the forced evacuation, a great way for people to connect both with the story and the era is through antiquarian books. […]

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