March 24, 2024 is the Great Escape's 80th Anniversary

[Gunnar Larson]

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/greatescape/three.html

Editor's Note: On the night of March 24-25, 1944, 76 Allied prisoners of
Stalag Luft III, a German prison camp in Sagan, 100 miles southeast of
Berlin, escaped through a tunnel named "Harry." Within days most were
recaptured. An outraged Hitler had 50 of them shot, an appalling abrogation
of the Geneva Convention, to which Germany was a signatory. Twenty-three
were reincarcerated. Only three made it all the way to freedom—a Dutchman
and two Norwegians, all flyers with the British Royal Air Force. Here's
their remarkable story, which begins at the Sagan railway station. For
locations of relevant towns, consult our map.
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