The Attics of Colditz Castle
The attics weren't open to visitors, but I could see just how much room they afforded the enterprising prisoners. The Germans thought they had this area sealed off also, but the prisoners somehow got up there and built false walls to hide their radio and the glider they almost completed. The attic roofs were also the scene for many of the more daring escape attempts. More than a few prisoners tried to inch their way across these slippery and steep tiles in the pitch dark of night.