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The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany



The Colditz Myth is a book about the British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. The book looks at the development of the Colditz myth and how it has affected perceptions of the POW experience in Nazi Germany. more details
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  • The Colditz Myth is a book about the British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany
  • The book looks at the development of the Colditz myth and how it has affected perceptions of the POW experience in Nazi Germany


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Author S. P. MacKenzie
Format Softcover
ISBN 9780199203079
Publisher Oxford University Press, Usa
Manufacturer Oxford University Press, Usa
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The Colditz Myth is a book about the British and Commonwealth prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. The book looks at the development of the Colditz myth and how it has affected perceptions of the POW experience in Nazi Germany.

Though only one among hundreds of prison camps in which British servicemen were held between 1939 and 1945, Colditz enjoys unparalleled name recognition both in Britain and in other parts of the English-speaking world. Colditz remains a potent symbol of key virtues--including ingenuity and perseverance against apparently overwhelming odds--that form part of the popular mythology surrounding the British war effort in World War II. Colditz has played a major role in shaping perceptions of the POW experience in Nazi Germany, an experience in which escaping is assumed to be paramount and "Outwitting the Hun" a universal sport. The story of Colditz has been told in a variety of forms but in this book MacKenzie chronicles the development of the Colditz myth and puts what happened inside the castle in the context of British and Commonwealth POW life in Germany as a whole. Being a captive of the Third Reich--from the moment of surrender down to the day of liberation and repatriation --was more complicated and a good deal tougher than the popular myth would suggest. The physical and mental demands of survival far outweighed escaping activity in order of importance in most camps almost all of the time, and even in Colditz the reality was in some respects very different from the almost Boy's Own caricature that developed during the post-war decades. In The Colditz Myth MacKenzie seeks,for the first time,to place Colditz--both the camp and the legend-- in a wider historical context.
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