Germany: Nazi prison reborn as tourist hotel
Notorious Nazi POW camp in southern Germany revamped, offers history buffs 'the prisoner experience'
Colditz Castel, once a notorious World War II prison has been revamped and is now a tourist hotel, Britain's The Sun reported.
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British tour company the "War Research Society" has began marketing the southern Germany resort to those looking for the "prisoner experience."
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During the war, Colditz Castle housed Allied officers who were captured by the Nazis, and also served as living quarters and offices by the SS.
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Vacation, POW style. Colditz Castel (Photo: EPA)
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"Guests get a three-hour tour of tunnels and hidden rooms used by POWs in ingenious escape attempts," the reort said.
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"The accommodation is Spartan but the idea is to give people an idea of what it was like to be there as a POW," official Alex Bulloch said.
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"Colditz is the trip of a lifetime for anyone interested in this aspect of the war. To stay under the same roof as the Allied officers is incredible."
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For 100 years Colditz served as a shelter for the poor as well as a mental institution. During World War II, it housed troublesome British officers who had already made repeated breakout bids from prison camps.
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More than 30 prisoners escaped from Colditz before US troops came to the rescue in 1945, according to The Sun.
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