The Greatest Escape You've Never Heard Of

This is Holzminden POW Camp. Notorious for its cruel conditions, the camp was supposed to be escape proof. But on the 23rd of July 1918, the unthinkable happened. That night, 29 British officers vanished, crawling through a hand-dug tunnel beneath their guards’ feet. Against all odds, 10 of them made it back to Britain. In this video, filmed behind the scenes at IWM London. We’ll tell the amazing story of the greatest escape of the First World War, featuring the real objects and stories of the people who were there. See our objects for yourself. Plan your visit to IWM London: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london Explore and licence the film clips used in this video from IWM Film: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_YApj172q Their Stories Shaped History. Yours Can Shape the Future. Leave a Legacy to IWM today: http://bit.ly/45e7NSz History needs you. Be a part of our community and Become a Patron of IWM today: http://bit.ly/44FUt9v Follow IWM on social media: https://twitter.com/I_W_M https://www.instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums https://www.facebook.com/iwm.london tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums Germany Map courtesy of David Rumsey Collection. Holzminden Plan based on Map from The Tunnellers of Holzminden, H. G. Durnford. #History #WW1 #Prisonescape