March! March! March!

Photo taken by an unknown prisoner of the start of the final march.
(Used as part of an exhibit on THE GREAT ESCAPE by Ben van Drogenbroek in Holland)

• Extract from the Official Report of The First March to Tarmstadt by Gp/Capt D.E.L. Wilson (Updated 19 January, 2009)
• The full text of the Official Report, obtained from the National Archives in Kew.(Added 5 February, 2009)
• My Recollections of the First March (Glass Factory photo added 19 November, 2013)
• Fred Frey's recollection of the start of the first march(Added 18 December, 2008)
• My Diary of The Second March to Freedom
• Additional account of the March from the BBC WW2 Web site.

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