Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Von Lindeiner, Commandant, Stalag Luft III from its opening in April 1942 until he was relieved of command after the Great Escape in March 1944. Colonel Arthur Durand (author of Stalag Luft III: The Secret Story ) found Von Lindeiner's memoirs in the German archives at Freiburg, Germany, and The Friends of the Air Force Academy Library received permission to translate them into English for limited use. Their 300 pages tell a priceless story of Von Lindeiner's views as commander of a POW camp and about his unhappy confinement by the British for two years after the war.

The Memoirs of Colonel Von Lindeiner

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