80th anniversary of the 'Great Escape' from Nazi German POW camp marked in Poland
by Vanessa Gera
Mar 24, 2024
2 minutes
Observances were held in Poland on Sunday to mark the 80th anniversary of the “Great Escape,” an ingenious act of defiance during World War II in which 76 prisoners of war tunneled out of a German prisoner-of-war camp into a snowy forest.
soldiers carried photos
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