Stunning images show daring escape from “inescapable” Nazi Colditz Castle prison

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Amazing photos showing daring escape bids from the Nazis “inescapable” Colditz Castle prison camp have come to light. They show the ingenuity of the Allied fighters who devised ever-bolder ways of breaking out during World War Two.

A life-like dummy in army uniform is held up among the men at roll call to trick guards into thinking an escaper was still in the castle.

One would-be fugitive is pictured poking his head from a hole in the floor where a toilet once stood. Photos taken outside the castle show a rope of tied bed sheets PoWs tried to slide down from a top-floor window.

Others reveal the many tunnels dug using tools smuggled inside in care parcels. Flying ace Douglas Bader is seen front centre in a group shot with 17 other escape