#16.............along the top of the tunnel marker is a listing of all 76 prisoners who escaped through 'Harry'. The ones marked in black were the ones murdered...........this one shows Sqadron Leader Roger Bushell..........."Big X".....a man whose determination was instrumental in the escape taking place.......(incidently the marker is the exact width of the tunnel)
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Stalag Luft III Sagen. 'The Great Escape'
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#18..........the theatre...........the prisoners had to sacrifice one of their accommodation huts to build this............the 'displaced' prisoners being soaked up in the other huts...........Attached FilesAlways looking for Luftwaffe Kampfflieger related document groups. In particular anything to Kampfgeschwader 2.
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#23..............the ticket office.............of the 26 escapees who were not murdered, there are 3 survivors to this day. 2 of those 3 went through this station and both remarked how the station was completely unchanged since 1944.............Attached FilesAlways looking for Luftwaffe Kampfflieger related document groups. In particular anything to Kampfgeschwader 2.
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#24...............the station clock in the ticket office..........the current station master insists this clock is original to 1944 and both escapees agreed in his opinion...........Attached FilesAlways looking for Luftwaffe Kampfflieger related document groups. In particular anything to Kampfgeschwader 2.
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#29.............onto the memorial at Sagen errected in 1944 by the prisoners, under supervision of the Germans. Note the year is left unfinished as the war was still in progress..........Always looking for Luftwaffe Kampfflieger related document groups. In particular anything to Kampfgeschwader 2.
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#30.........the memorial to the 50..........the urns containing the ashes of the cremated escapees were placed here in 1944 but were broken open by Russian soldiers in 1945 because they thought the gold wedding rings and watches were in the urns...........Always looking for Luftwaffe Kampfflieger related document groups. In particular anything to Kampfgeschwader 2.
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