• The Diggers of Colditz

  • The Classic Australian POW Story About Escape from the Impossible
  • By: Jack Champ, Colin Burgess
  • Narrated by: Steve Shanahan
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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The Diggers of Colditz

By: Jack Champ,Colin Burgess
Narrated by: Steve Shanahan
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Publisher's Summary

Colditz Castle was Nazi Germany’s infamous "escape-proof" wartime prison, where hundreds of the most determined and resourceful Allied prisoners were sent. Despite having more guards than inmates, Australian Lieutenant Jack Champ and other prisoners tirelessly carried out their campaign to escape from the massive floodlit stronghold, by any means necessary. 

In this riveting account - by turns humorous, heartfelt, and tragic - historian Colin Burgess and Lieutenant Jack Champ, from the point of view of the prisoners themselves, tell the story of the 20 Australians who made this castle their "home", and the plans they made that were so crazy that some even achieved the seemingly impossible - escape! 

"A stirring testimony of mateship.... We are often on tenterhooks, always impressed by their determination, industry and courage." (Australian Book Review)
 

©1985, 1997, 2019 Jack Champ and Colin Burgess (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Australia. All rights reserved.

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Disappointing...

I love WW2 stuff. I don't know if it was the writing or the way the story was told, but the whole thing lacked intensity. I was never on the edge of my seat. It just felt mehhh.

Narration was okay

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  • nugget
  • 08-08-19

Amazing

I love finding out about other points of view of what occurred in coldtiz. As well as finding out more about the POWs and the events that occurred there. This book provided this and more. I absolutely loved it

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  • Paul
  • 11-07-22

Good book.

Good book. Well written and enthusiastically narrated. Nice to hear an Australian perspective of which I had never heard before.

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  • Joel
  • 10-08-19

An amazing book !

Brilliant book. Both in its writing and the delivery of the voice talent. Full to the brim of amazing anecdotal pow stories and the overall story is incredible. If you are a history buff, want to find out more about our diggers or just appreciate a good story/s, this is the book for you!

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  • Adrian
  • 07-27-21

Never give in attitude

Well narated story of exceptional men who never gave in to the Germans under trying conditions.

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  • geoffandkath
  • 06-02-21

Awesome

Well written and well read. Didn't want it to end. Story of a lifetime. Brilliant

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  • Anonymous User
  • 03-18-21

Great Stories

Great stories from great blokes. Really makes you proud. Only thing I wish is that it went longer. one of the best Australian history books I have read to date. bravo