My first girlfriends Grandfather Fred, was taken prisoner in Italy. He had an overnight stay in Colditz in transit apparently. He absolutely hated the Germans, he always alluded to atrocities he saw in Italy. He ended the war as a POW in Austria. He told me they woke up one morning and the guards had disappeared during the night.
I can recommend John Nichols book about the POW experience at the end of the war. Very moving.
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