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One of the early prison orchestras at
Colditz. John Beaumont, who played French horn in a different prison orchestra, made his
daring escape in broad daylight.
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Escaping Colditz
23: May 2, 1944
On the road leading to the park was an old garbage heap full
of cans, cardboard, sticks, rags, and the like. The Germans didn't give it a
thought until one day a prisoner was reported missing and, during a search
outside the castle, guards came upon a thin, fair-haired man trotting along a
path in broad daylight. Tucked under his arm he carried a blanket covered with
sewn-on cans, cardboard, sticks, rags, and the like. It was English Lieut. John
Beaumont, the French horn player in the prison orchestra, who had hidden in the
rubbish until he saw his chance to get over the wall.
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- First escape
April 12, 1941
- Straw mattresses
May 8, 1941
- Locked cells
Mid-May 1941
- Canteen tunnel
May 1941
- German woman
June 1941
- Air-raid shelter
June 1941
- Hacksaw
June 1941
- Over the wall
July 2, 1941
- Air shaft
July 28, 1941
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- Lavatory
July 31, 1941
- Manhole
Late summer, 1941
- Dummies
December 1941
- German officers
December 1941
- Main gate
January 6, 1942
- Town dump
March 1942
- Wooden crate
September 7, 1942
- Mussolini's office
September 9, 1942
- Headquarters building
October 15, 1942
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- Willi the electrician
December 1942
- "Maddest attempt"
May 11, 1943
- Franz Josef
September 2, 1943
- Cellar house
January 19, 1944
- Rubbish heap
May 2, 1944
- Greatest escaper
September 25, 1944
- Glider
April 1945
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