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title: Colditz Castle
author: SKOMP46866
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20918/colditz-castle/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2025-09-01
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# Colditz Castle

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## Image File

[![Colditz Castle](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20918.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20918.png)

## Image Caption

Colditz Castle, Saxony, Germany. The castle was first built in the 11th century and was famously used as an Allied prisoner-of-[war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) camp by Nazi Germany during the Second World War (1939-45)

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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg) by [**SKOMP46866**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 01 September 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.