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Escape from Colditz Castle - 80 Jahre Kriegsende Colditz - Auld Lang Syne - Dudelzack

It’s a major honour for me to play the world known ‘auld lang syne’ on my Scottish bagpipes, here at Colditz Castle. During WWII, CC has been used as a prisoner of war prison for many foreign nationals. The Castle housed prisoners who managed to escape from other German prisons, and upon recapture, they would be sent to Colditz Castle. Escaping from the Castle was an extremely difficult endeavour but one very famous and spectacular attempt, was the Colditz Glider attempt, an airplane secretly constructed within the castle walls, hidden in the attic area of the castle, ready for the attempted escape. Also, typical of the time and escape methodology, many deep and long tunnels were dug to help with another way of escaping Colditz. Another daring and bold way the prisoner escaped, was to tailor German uniforms and simply walk out the front door to freedom, or at least the beginning of the journey to freedom! The castle offers ‘Legendary Escapes’ guided tours, where you can discover many other details of Colditz at that time; eg, the Pat Reid cellar and many more. At the end of the video, you will see a painting by an unknown prisoner, showing the life and conditions of the prisoners and how they amused themselves. If you have any details about this picture, that you could share, this would be appreciated. This year, 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Colditz Castle and an apt time for reflection on the use of the castle as a prison. In my childhood, I used to visit the castle with my parents, on many occasions, as my grandparents used to live here in Colditz. Also, my grandmother used to work in the laundry facility here in the castle grounds and here mother (Liska Thiele) actually cooked for the prisoners here at Colditz. And now we come to the reason behind the playing of the bagpipes for you today. As you may know, Colditz Castle have initiated a restoration program for the church organ located in the chapel here on site. We hope to raise as much money as possible and all proceeds from the bagpipe playing and many other fund raising events, will go straight to the restoration fund, nothing will be kept by me. If you can and are able to donate here: Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen gGmbH IBAN: DE92 1203 0000 1020 5781 57 BIC: BYLADEM1001 Betreff: Spende Schloss Colditz And we appreciate all your support. Thanks in advance for any donations you are able to make Yours in piping Ulf Hainich Dudelzack Bildnachweis historic foto of the market at the beginning of the video: © Deutsche Fotothek / Brück und Sohn #colditz #colditzcastle #castle #bagpipe #auldlangsyne #dudelzack #dudelsack #bagpipes #endofwar #2025 #80jahrekriegsendecolditz #schlossColditz #colditzgleider #patreid #flucht #escape #escapefromcolditz #histopad #orgel #england #legendaryescapes #legendäreflucht #gefängnis #wwii Homepage Schloss Colditz: https://www.schloss-colditz.de/de/sta... Homepage von Dudelzack: https://dudelzack.de/ Dudelzack auf Instagram:   / dudel_zack