Exhibition in Biberach from 24 October2018 for approx. 6 months

The Museum Biberach worked on an Exhibition about the Camp History of Lager Lindele (OFLAG/ILAG VB from  1936 until today.

During this period the camp was mainly:

• Barracks for the Wehrmacht 1939 to 1940
• POW camp for Russian forced laborer1940
• POW camp for Allied officers 1940 to 1941
• Internment camp for families with British roots from the Channel Islands 1942 to 1945
• POW camp for German troops run by the French 1945 to approx. 1952
• Camp for German civilians expelled by Russian and French forces 1953 til approx. 1957
• Police Academy ever since.

There will be additional events following the opening, both at the Museum, but also down town and in the former camp.Further newsin due course. Please come and see for yourself, or contact me, if you like to  have a guided tour, both of the exhibition and the camp. Especially for the camp, I need advance notice.
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The most probable place of the tunnel - exit has not been preserved. Following a decision by the town authorities. it was destroyed to now have a kids playing ground instead. To underline my protest, I had T-shirts made with me and the words Escape Tunnel since 1941. If you like to purchase this shirt for€ 25 it is available in various colors and sizes, click this German  link  T-shirt 

 

The Event in September 2016

When James Baxter, son of Ronald Baxter (one of the 26 escapees), informed me about his celebration plans at home in England, of 75 years of The Great Escape of Biberach,  we also organised a party with friends and supporters, close to the original exit of September 1941. This was a very emotional event, especially for me. It took 4 years of research work and in the end a bit of luck to find another section of the tunnel following the 1981 section. And again, we found some evidence of what the diggers left behind.
Both items among lots of other items I collected over the years, will go on display in 2018 in the Biberach Museum. other items will be pics of the escaped officers and copies of their diaries, kindly provided to me by their families - unfortunately all escapees passed away before I started my research in 2011.
There are also a number of books the officers wrote after 1945 and their safe return home. e. Michael Duncan in 1954   Underground from Posen as well as Terence Prittie MBE. and Earle Edwards MBE. TD. in 1946 Escape to Freedom.