Martin Webb, a fellow Colditz Society member and a chap with a keen eye for a Colditz story, recenty spotted the following in the “Gloucester Citizen” newspaper.
Martin points out a couple of mistakes in the story:
1. Michael only met Hiter in a restaurant, he didn’t interview him;
2. The north Wales town near where he lives is Porthmadog not […]

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Douggie Moir sadly passed away on May 6th aged 89.

The following obituary is in todays Telegraph
LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1942625/Lieutenant-Colonel-Douggie-Moir.html#continue
   
PoW whose constant attempts to escape landed him in Colditz and solitary confinement.
Lieutenant-Colonel Douggie Moir, who died on May 6 aged 89, was taken prisoner in 1940 and made a series of escape attempts from German PoW camps, including […]

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I am delighted to say “Skirmish - The Living History Magazine” has published an article written by myself on Colditz Castle. It is a 2 page spread and covers not just the history of the castle but also it’s uncertain future.
I have scanned it on to 2 word docs as it is hard to put […]

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The heroism of one of this newspaper’s most distinguished reporters ‘represents all that Americans admire about the British warrior’
The Times 29th March LINK 

Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent
 A Hollywood producer has acquired the rights to two books about a distinguished foreign correspondent of The Times, a war hero who was imprisoned in Colditz.
Michael Burn, 95, who […]

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Today the Telegraph on-line carries the following interesting story:
“Nine stolen Victoria Crosses and other military medals have been recovered after Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative Party’s deputy chairman, paid a £75,000 reward.”
LINK to story
Among the haul was ex Colditz POW Capt. Charles Upham’s double VC.
 
  
On a personal note Upham was heavily involved in the defence of […]

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