Escape from Colditz

History Extra | 13 September 2022 | 0h 37m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Ben Macintyre about his book Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle. Discusses the infamous German Second World War prisoner of war camp, some of the ingenious escape attempts from the hilltop castle, and reveals how the prisoner experience encompassed boredom, racism and class conflict.

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Oleg Gordievsky: the Double Agent Who Changed the Cold War

The Book Club | 17 July 2019 | 0h 37m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Ben MacIntyre about his book The Spy and the Traitor about double-agent Oleg Gordievsky. Discusses his rise, downfall, and daring escape from Moscow — and how he lives now and what he thinks of the situation between Russia and the West these days.

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