Page numbers in italic indicate photographs; those followed by “n” indicate notes.
Absalon, Gunther (SS), xiv, 36–37, 42–45, 189, 190, 232
Absalon (Gunther’s wife), 44–45
Absalon, Paul and Martha (Gunther’s parents), 42–44
Achter, Josef (Munich Gestapo), 113–114
Achterberg, Kurt (Danzig Gestapo), xv, 163–166
A.E.L. Nordmark Concentration Camp, 220
Air Directorate of Intelligence, 73
American Authorities’ Headquarters in Wiesbaden, 40–41
American Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 41, 62, 99, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 121, 124, 138, 151, 153, 166, 181, 223
Auschwitz concentration camp, 155
Australian murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
Austria, 84, 85, 86, 121
Baatz, Bernhard (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 103, 104, 104n
barbarity of Nazi Party, 216–218, 221
Barkworth, Bill (Major), 131–132, 137–138
Battle of the Bulge, 118
Baum, Abraham J. (Captain), 119, 120–121
Baumann (Gestapo driver), 214–216, 218
Bavaria/Bavarian Alps, 81, 118, 127
Bavarian Police Gazette, 162
BBC, 94–95
Belgium, 33
Belsen internment camp, 45–46, 155
Bender (Saarbrücken Kripo), 151–152
Berghof at Obersalzberg, 13
Bergsland, Peter (Lieutenant), 33
Berlin, Germany, 10, 20, 21, 45, 58, 59, 60, 64, 100, 202, 208
Bethell, R. A. (Flight Lieutenant), 171–172, 174, 245
Bevin, Ernest (British Foreign Secretary), 232
Birkland, Henry (Flying Officer), viii, 189, 239
Blackpool Borough Police, 32, 41, 232
Blenheim bombers, 191–192
Blitzkrieg on France and Low Countries, 3
Blum, Frau, 165–167
Boll, Wilhelm (mortician laborer), 25–26, 27
Boschert, Heinrich (Karlsruhe Gestapo), xv
Cochran murder, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140–141, 224
Sagan Case trial, 224, 229, 230
Bowes, Wilfred “Freddie” (Wing Commander), xiii, 219. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
background of, 72
final report on Sagan Case, 222
killing field examined by, 83
Kiowsky interrogation, 77–81, 83
Krupa and, 84
Landhaus Brichta hotel raid, 85–86
Lyon and, 101, 103
McKenna and, 72, 84, 85, 87, 100, 142, 222
mural of Gestapo satyrs, 77
Order of the British Empire, 232
Pankratz prison atrocities, 76–77, 82
Polish uncooperation in Breslau, 105–106
Russians and, 100
Sawerthal and, 103–104
Schauschütz interrogation, 74–76
Stalag Luft III visit, 106–107
Urbanek and, 81
Vaca and, 76–77
van der Bijil’s letter and, 72
Venediger and, 232
Zacharias interrogation, 86–89
Zlín Frontier Police headquarters, 81–83
Brandt, 167. See also Bruchardt, Reinhold (Venediger’s right-hand man)
Braune (Colonel, kommandant of Stalag Luft III), 28–30, 31
Breithaupt, Walter (Spann’s driver)
Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 153–156, 224, 230
Bremen, Germany, 40, 86, 106
Breslau (Gestapo and Kripo), xiv. See also specific members
defense of Breslau, 50, 51, 56, 62, 174–175
investigation of, 105–106, 107, 162, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176–179, 180–190
murder of recaptured Stalag Luft III escapees, 17
recapture of escapees, 17, 34, 49
responsibility for Stalag Luft III, 13–14
Russian Occupation Zone and, 39, 40, 45, 47, 56
Sagan region jurisdiction, 36
Breslau evacuees interviews, 47, 48–51
Brettell, Edward (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 96, 162–170, 231, 239
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), 205
British government’s promise to bring killers to justice, 31, 32, 33, 98. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
British Intelligence, 34, 45, 62, 65. See also London Cage
British Military Court, 223. See also Sagan Case trial
British murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
British Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 58, 62, 66, 99, 117, 141, 151, 153, 158, 205, 208, 223
Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and Kripo), xiv–xv. See also specific members
investigation of, 73–84
van der Bijil and, 64, 65–67, 72
Zlín Frontier Police headquarters, 81–83
Broli (Major), 246
Bruchardt, Reinhold (Venediger’s right-hand man), xv, 164, 165, 166–170, 231
Brüx, Germany, 101, 103, 105
Buchenwald concentration camp, 14, 155
Bull, Lester (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 239
Bushell, Roger Joyce “Big X” (Squadron Leader), viii, 239
background of, 2–3
escape artist, 3–4, 11, 146–149, 234
murder of, 98, 149–150, 150–159, 162, 218, 224, 230
X-Organization, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204
Canadian murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
Carter (Flight Lieutenant), 247
Casey, Mike (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 186, 239
Catanach, James (Squadron Leader), viii, 239
background of, 201–203
escape from Stalag Luft III, 20–21
murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233
recapture of, 21, 22, 202, 202
Central Registry of Prisoners of War, 18
Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects (CROWCASS), 38, 196
Central Security Office, Berlin, 16, 16n, 21, 38, 39, 75, 114, 181, 192, 232
Christensen, Arnold (Pilot Officer), viii, 239
background of, 202, 202, 203–204
escape from Stalag Luft III, 20–21
murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233
recapture of, 21, 22, 202, 202
Churchill, S. A. “Dick” (Flight Lieutenant), 171–172, 174
Clausen, Herman (Kiel Security Police), 208
Cochran, Dennis (Flying Officer), viii, 240
background of, 129–130
escape from Stalag Luft III, 130, 247
murder of, 130, 132–138, 138–142, 162, 192–193, 224, 229, 230
recapture of, 130
cold case, 32, 33–42
Colditz concentration camp, 4, 103, 147
Cologne, Germany, 40, 57, 202
compass factory, X-Organization, 7, 10, 171, 245
concentration camps, xv, 14–15, 64, 65, 110, 131, 187. See also specific concentration camps
“cooler, the” (solitary confinement), 28, 30
Cornish, M. S. (Captain), 184–186, 187, 188
Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), U.S., 86, 87, 166, 199
Courtney, Stephen (Flight Lieutenant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Achter interrogation, 113–114
Fritz (German Shepherd), 62, 96
Gassner interrogation, 110–112
Geith interrogation, 124–127
Graes interrogation, 96–99, 163
Greiner interrogation, 112–113
Hebberling interrogation, 127–128
internment camps canvassing, 62–63, 109, 113, 117–118, 121
McKenna and, 62–63
Schneider interrogation, 121–124
Smit and, 62
Weil interrogation, 115–117
cremation of murdered escapees, 15, 19, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 83–84, 89, 96, 101, 103–104, 105, 109, 112, 115, 126, 130, 133, 136, 150, 153, 155, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 178, 197, 199, 205–206, 209
Criminal Police. See Kriminalpolizei (Kripo)
Cross, Ian (Squadron Leader), viii, 186, 240
cyanide capsules for suicide, 54, 64, 232
Czech Army Intelligence, 76
Czech girl raped and murdered by Zacharias, 93–94
Czech murders ordered by Hitler, 147
Czechoslovakia, 17, 64–65, 72, 73, 85, 101, 102, 161, 162n, 227
Czechoslovakian murdered escapee, 243. See also specific murdered escapee
Czech Security Police, 103, 222
Dachau concentration camp, 62–63, 115, 138, 195, 198
Dakota transports, 36, 39, 90, 103
Daniel, R. M. (Flight Sergeant), xiii, 176–179, 182–184, 219–220
Danzig (Gestapo and Kripo), xv, 39, 96, 97, 98, 162–170. See also specific members
Denkmann, Artur (Kiel Gestapo driver), xv
Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 23, 209–210, 212–213, 224
Denmark, 17, 204, 214
Dick tunnel, 4, 9
Diels, Rudolf, 57, 58
Dingermann, Gustav (Saabrücken Kripo), 149–150, 150–151
disguises of escapees, 7, 9, 70, 71, 101, 130, 148, 245
Dissner, Max (Strasbourg Gestapo), xvi, 197, 198, 199–200
Distinguished Flying Cross, 203
dreams of McKenna, 47–48
Dulag Luft transit camp, 2, 129, 144–146
Düsseldorf, Germany, 40, 42, 43, 44, 140
“duty pilots,” 5
“duty” to escape, 27, 28, 233
Eastern Cemetery, Munich, 126
Eden, Anthony (British Foreign Secretary), 31, 32, 35, 98, 126–127
Egypt, 108
Einsatzgruppen B, 181–182
escapees (seventy-six), 11, 13, 25, 29, 30, 33. See also Great Escape, The
escape from Stalag Luft III, 9–11, 28, 33, 34, 49, 148. See also Great Escape, The
escape-proof design of Stalag Luft III, 1–2
escapes from prison camps plaguing Germany, 14–15, 16. See also Great Escape, The
Espelid, Hallada (Lieutenant), viii, 240
background of, 204–205
escape from Stalag Luft III, 21
murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 26–27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233
recapture of, 21, 202, 202
Evans, Brian (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 172–173, 189, 240
excavated dirt, hiding, 2, 6
execution list by Nebe, 18, 181
execution of Stalag Luft escapees and Scharpwinkel, 17, 34, 36, 47, 176–179, 185–186, 187–188, 189, 222. See also murders of escapees (fifty) by Gestapo
exhaustion of McKenna, 132
exit order, 9–10
Fanshawe, Peter (Lieutenant Commander), 6
“ferrets,” 2, 5, 8–9
Fifty, The, viii–ix, 15–16, 17, 18, 31, 41, 222, 239–243. See also Great Escape, The; Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF; specific murdered escapees
final report on Sagan Case, 222
First World War (WWI), 27, 91, 206, 226
Flensburg, Germany, 19, 21, 22, 205, 208, 209, 215
Focke-Wulf 190 fighters, 205
“following orders,” 20, 23, 29, 67, 74, 88, 116, 124, 127, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141–142, 153, 158–159, 169, 177, 179, 186, 195, 210, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230
forgery department, X-Organization, 6–7, 10, 11, 71, 130
4th Armored Division, Third Army, 119–121
14th Armored Division, Third Army, 121
France, 3
Frankfurt, Germany, 3, 40, 41, 87, 130, 144
Free French, 148
French breakout from Oflag XVII-A, 14
French murdered escapee, 31. See also specific murdered escapee
French Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 75, 99, 100, 131, 151, 157, 158, 223
French Resistance, 33, 130, 148
French War Crimes and Political Prisoners Bureau in Paris, 99
Freshour (Lieutenant), 86, 87
Frontier Police. See Zlín, Frontier Police
Fuglesang, Nils (Lieutenant), viii, 240
background of, 205
escape from Stalag Luft III, 21
murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 26–27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233
recapture of, 21, 202, 202
Ganninger, Otto (Deputy Commandant of Natzweiler), xv, 135–136, 137, 138
Garmisch-Partenkirchen internment camp, 110
Gassner, Anton (Munich Kripo), xvi, 110–112
Gehrum, Julius (Strasbourg Gestapo), 195
Geith, Eduard (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123–124, 124–127, 224
Sagan Case trial, 224, 229, 230
Geneva Convention, 30, 92
German Military Penal Code, 226
Germany. See also American Occupation Zone; British Occupation Zone; French Occupation Zone; Gestapo; Great Escape, The; Hitler, Adolf; Kriminalpolizei (Kripo); Nazi Party; Russian Occupation Zone
citizens murdering Allies, 143–144
concentration camps, xv, 14–15, 64, 65, 110, 131, 187
escapes from prison camps plaguing Germany, 14–15, 16
highway banditry, 179–180
interrogations of POWs, 144–145
Luftwaffe, 13, 30, 63, 73, 106, 129, 144, 149, 173, 174
microphones used by, 2, 4, 8, 145–146
National Socialism, 181
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Army High Command), 13
records, destroyed, 21, 64, 81, 117, 127, 141, 208
ruins of, 39, 40, 43, 45, 52, 54, 143, 179
Sicherheitsdienst (SD), 53
solitary confinement for POWs, 144, 145, 146
Stufe Römisch III order, 15
Volkssturm (Home Guard), 174
Wehrmacht, 49, 56, 149, 150
winter of 1946-1947, 213–214
Gestapo, xiv–xvi. See also Breslau (Gestapo and Kripo); Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and Kripo); Munich (Gestapo and Kripo); specific members
Counter Espionage Branch, 115
cremation of murdered escapees, 15, 19, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 83–84, 89, 96, 101, 103–104, 105, 109, 112, 115, 126, 130, 133, 136, 150, 153, 155, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 178, 197, 199, 205–206, 209
Danzig (Gestapo), xv, 39, 96, 97, 98, 162–170
“following orders,” 20, 23, 29, 67, 74, 88, 116, 124, 127, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141–142, 153, 158–159, 169, 177, 179, 186, 195, 210, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230
Karlsruhe (Gestapo), xv, 131, 132, 133–138, 139, 141
Kiel (Gestapo), xv, 20, 22–27, 205–216, 216–217, 218–219, 220–222
Kripo vs., 17
Liberec (Gestapo), xvi, 100–101, 103, 104, 105
mural of Gestapo satyrs, 77
murders of escapees (fifty), viii–ix, 15–16, 17, 18, 31, 41, 222, 239–243
Operation Bullet (Aktion Kugel), 15
Strasbourg (Gestapo), xvi, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198
Gmeiner, Josef (Karlsruhe Gestapo), xv
Cochran murder, 133–134, 136, 137, 139, 141–142, 224, 230
Gollwicer, 54. See also Seetzen, Heinrich (Breslau Security Police)
Göring, Hermann (Reichmarschall), xiii, 1, 13, 15, 38, 110, 232
Görlitz, Germany, 49, 52, 101, 106, 176, 178
Görlitz prison, 17, 34, 37, 39, 41, 171, 172, 173, 174, 185, 186, 187, 189. See also Breslau (Gestapo and Kripo)
Gouws, Johannes (Lieutenant), viii, 240
background of, 108
escape from Stalag Luft III, 108, 109
murder of, 109, 113, 114, 115–118, 121–127, 224, 229, 230, 232
recapture of, 111
Graes, Erich (Danzig Kripo), xv, 96–99, 163
Great Escape, The, 1–11. See also Gestapo; Kriminalpolizei (Kripo); Sagan Case trial; Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF; specific escapees
approval for escape, 27
ballot process, 9
compass factory, 7, 10, 171, 245
“cooler, the” (solitary confinement), 28, 30
Dick tunnel, 4, 9
disguises, 7, 9, 70, 71, 101, 130, 148, 245
“duty pilots,” 5
“duty” to escape, 27, 28, 233
escapees (seventy-six), 11, 13, 25, 29, 30, 33
escape from Stalag Luft III, 9–11, 28, 33, 34, 49, 148
escape-proof design of Stalag Luft III, 1–2
excavated dirt, hiding, 2, 6
exit order, 9–10
“ferrets,” 2, 5, 8–9
forgery department, 6–7, 10, 11, 71, 130
German discovery of escape, 11
Harry tunnel, 4–5, 9–11, 14, 14, 172, 172, 235, 245
Hut 104, 4–5, 11, 14, 14, 235
Hut 122, 4
Hut 123, 4, 8–9
intelligence section, 172, 204
letters to home written by POWs, 9–10, 69, 70–71, 204
maps, 7, 10
memorial at Stalag Luft III, 234, 234
monument at Stalag Luft III, 107
murdered escapees (fifty), viii–ix, 15–16, 17, 18, 31, 41, 222, 239–243
Piccadilly Circus interchange station, 9
recaptured escapees, 17–18, 27–28, 30, 34, 36–37, 49
scrounging for materials by prisoners, 7–8
“stooges” (prisoner lookouts), 5
survivor escapees (three), 17, 33–34
Tom tunnel, 4, 8–9
tunneling difficulty, 1–2, 4–6, 7, 8
underground microphones, 2, 4, 8
urns of murdered escapees, 27, 31, 40, 41, 84, 96, 101, 103, 104, 109, 112, 130, 136, 150, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 199, 201, 206, 209
victory, symbolic, 234–235
waste sacks escapes, 247
X-Organization, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204
Greek murdered escapee, 31. See also specific murdered escapee
Greiner (Munich Kripo), xvi, 111, 112–113
Grisman, William (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 173, 240
Grosch, Walther (General Inspector), 63
Grossfahndung order, 14, 36, 176, 225
guilty verdicts, Sagan Case trial, 230
Gunn, Alastair (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 173, 240
Hagamann (Lieutenant), 55–56. See also Scharpwinkel, Wilhelm (Breslau Gestapo)
Hake, Al (Flying Officer), viii, 7, 171, 186, 240
Hall, Charles (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 189, 240
Hamburg, Germany, 40, 52, 53, 93, 95, 99, 144, 163, 202, 213, 215, 216, 222
Hampden bombers, 202, 203
Hanover, Germany, 40, 45, 52, 63
Hansel, Max Richard (Görlitz Gestapo), xiv, 176–179, 231
Harrison, Harold (Flight Lieutenant), xiii, 179–180, 195–199
Harry tunnel, 4–5, 9–11, 14, 14, 172, 172, 235, 245
Hartbee bombers, 108
Haselsberger (Greiner’s deputy), 112
Haw-Haw, Lord, 69
Hayter, Anthony (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 191–200, 224, 229, 240
Hebberling, Lore and father, 127–128
Heidt, Marianne (Post’s mistress), 215–216, 220
Helmut, Babette (Müller’s secretary), 182
Hemer internment camp, 208
Hendon Police Staff College, 73
Hephart, Von Walter, 187
Herberg, Walter (Karlsruhe Gestapo), xv
Cochran murder, 132–138, 139, 140, 192–193, 224, 230
Herrman, Jakob (Home Guard), 193–194
Herrmann, Alfred (Home Guard), 193–194
Heydrich, Reinhard (Gestapo), 64–65, 147
Hilker, Heinrich (Strasbourg Gestapo), xvi, 192–193, 196–197, 198, 199, 200
Hilker, Mathilde (Heinrich’s wife), 199
Himmler, Heinrich (Reichsführer-SS), xiii, xiv
death of, 38, 232
“fifty” escapees to be executed, 15–16
Hitler and, 13
Kaltenbrunner and, 15–16, 38, 75
Nebe and, 181
response to escape from Stalag Luft III, 13–14
Hitler, Adolf, xiii. See also Germany; Nazi Party
Blitzkrieg on France and the Low Countries, 3
Czech murders ordered by, 147
death of, 38, 45
Himmler and, 13
murders of escapees (fifty) ordered by, 15–16, 17, 18
Nebe and, 181
response to escape from Stalag Luft III, 13–14, 15–16, 17
Winter Olympics (1936), 110
Hitler Youth, 144
Hoffman, Rudolf (General), 63
host families of evacuees, 47, 48
Hotel Esplanade in Prague, 64
humanity view of McKenna, 138
Humphreys, Edgar (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 41, 189, 241
Hut 104, 4–5, 11, 14, 14, 235
Hut 122, 4
Hut 123, 4, 8–9
intelligence section, X-Organization, 172, 204
internment camps canvassing, 42, 45–46, 62–63, 98, 100, 109, 113, 117–118, 121, 138, 151, 163, 176, 208–209, 214, 220
interrogations. See also specific members of Special Investigating Branch (SIB)
London Cage, 62, 63, 90–96, 110, 113, 114, 137, 140, 142, 150, 159, 170, 175, 184, 199, 212, 222, 223
POWs by Germany, 144–145
investigation as a complex machine, 161
Jacobs, Walter (Kiel Gestapo), xv
Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 22, 24, 27, 209–210, 210–211, 212, 224, 230
Jaffke (Saarbrücken Kripo), 151
jeep problems, McKenna, 59–61
“Jews Not Wanted” signs, 110
Johns Hopkins University, 69
Judge Advocate General’s Office, 41, 57–58, 63–64
justice, escaped, 161, 219, 223, 232
justice vs. revenge, McKenna, 233, 234
Kaehler, Hans (Kiel Gestapo), xv
Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 22, 23, 24, 25–26, 209–210, 211–212, 224, 230
Kah, Ernst (Breslau SD), xiv, 52–54, 58, 61–62
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst (SS Obergruppenführer), xiv, 217
Central Security Office, 21
Graes and, 96–97
Himmler and, 15–16, 38, 75
mass escapes plaguing Germany, 16
Müller and, 16, 209
Nebe and, 18
Nuremberg trials, 38, 232
police officer murder expectations of, 217
Schauschütz and, 75
Karlsruhe (Gestapo and Kripo), xv, 131, 132–137, 138–142, 162. See also specific members
Karlsruhe, Germany, 140, 196, 199
Keitel, Wilhelm (Feldmarschall), xiii, 13, 38, 232
Kempton Park Racecourse, London, 94, 95, 152, 152
Kensington Palace Gardens, England, 62, 90, 92
Kidder, Gordon (Flying Officer), viii, xv, 241
background of, 69–70
escape from Stalag Luft III, 69, 71–72
murder of, 65, 66–67, 72, 73–74, 75, 77, 78–79, 79–84, 82, 85, 86–89, 90, 93–94, 97, 152, 161, 162, 219–220, 223, 224, 227
reconstruction of murder, 82, 82
Kiel (Gestapo and Kripo), xv, 20, 22–27, 205–216, 216–217, 218–219, 220–222. See also specific members
Kiel, Germany, 40, 63, 162
Kierath, Reginald (Flying Officer), viii, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 241
Kiewnarski, Antoni (Flight Lieutenant), viii, 188, 241
killing field examined by Bowes and Lyon, 83
Kiowsky, Friedrich (Zlín Frontier Police driver), xv
Czech custody of, 219
interrogation of, 77–81, 83
Schauschütz and, 76
van der Bijil and, 66–67
Zacharias and, 88, 89
Kirby-Green, Thomas (Squadron Leader), viii, xv, 241
background of, 68–69
escape from Stalag Luft III, 69, 70, 71–72
letters written to home by, 69, 70–71
murder of, 65, 66, 67, 72, 73–74, 77, 78–83, 82, 84, 85, 88–89, 94, 97, 152, 161–162, 219–220, 223, 224, 227
recapture of, 72
reconstruction of murder, 82, 82
Kiske (Breslau Gestapo), xiv, 185
Knappe (Breslau Gestapo), xiv, 185
Knoechlein, Fritz (SS), 92–93
Knuppelberg, Adolf (Brno Gestapo), xv
Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 74, 75, 78, 79, 80, 84, 89
mural of German satyrs, 77
whereabouts, mystery of, 161
Kolanowski, A. Wlodzimierz (Flying Officer), viii, 172, 189, 241
Kozlowsky, Otto (Brno Gestapo lawyer), xv, 81, 84, 161
Kriminalpolizei (Kripo), xiv–xvi. See also Breslau (Gestapo and Kripo); Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and Kripo); Munich (Gestapo and Kripo); specific members
Danzig (Kripo), xv, 39, 96, 97, 98, 162–170
Gestapo vs., 17
Grossfahndung order, 14, 36, 176, 225
Karlsruhe (Kripo), xv, 131, 132, 133–138, 139, 141
Kiel (Kripo), xv, 20, 22–27, 205–216, 216–217, 218–219, 220–222
Liberec (Kripo), xvi, 100–101, 103, 104, 105
recapture of Stalag Luft III escapees, 16–17, 18, 21, 34, 49, 96–97, 114
Strasbourg (Kripo), xvi, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198
Krol, Stanislaw (Flying Officer), viii, 241
Krupa, Frantisek (crematorium attendant), 84
Lampel, Josef (Saarbrücken Kripo), 151
Lancaster bombers, 33
Landhaus Brichta hotel raid, 85–86
Langford, Patrick (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 189, 241
Langlois (Flight Lieutenant), 245, 246
Lauefer (Breslau Gestapo), xiv, 189
Leigh, Thomas (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 186, 241
Lerchesflur Prison, 149
letters to home written by POWs, 9–10, 69, 70–71, 204
Liberec (Gestapo and Kripo), xvi, 100–101, 103, 104, 105
Liegnitz, Germany, 39, 41, 106, 172
Lindeiner-Wildau, Friedrich-Wilhelm von (Colonel), 36–37, 37–38, 246
Linke, Paul (Police Chief), 207–208
Llandovery Castle case, 226
London Cage
interrogations at, 62, 63, 90–96, 110, 113, 114, 137, 140, 142, 150, 159, 170, 175, 184, 199, 212, 222, 223
Kensington Palace Gardens, England, 62, 90, 92
Scotland and, 91, 92, 93, 94, 185, 192–193, 212, 227–228
torture allegations, 227–228, 229
Long, James (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 174, 241
Lonsky, Klaus, 48–51, 50–51
Luftwaffe, 13, 30, 63, 73, 106, 129, 144, 149, 173, 174
Lux (Breslau Gestapo), xiv, 177, 178, 184, 185–186, 188, 189
Lyon, A. R. (Flight Lieutenant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
actress and, 214
background of, 73
Baumann interrogation, 214–216
Blum and, 166–167
Bowes and, 101, 103
Clausen interrogation, 208
Denkmann interrogation, 209–210
discharge of, 216
Herberg interrogation, 132–138
internment camps canvassing, 208–209, 214
Jacobs interrogation, 209–210, 210–211
Kaehler interrogation, 209–210, 211–212
killing field examined by, 83
Kiowsky interrogation, 77–81
Krupa and, 84
Landhaus Brichta hotel raid, 85–86
Linke and, 207–208
Mueller interrogation, 208–209
Pankratz prison atrocities, 76–77, 82
Polish uncooperation in Breslau, 105
Schafer and, 205–206
Schauschütz interrogation, 74–76
Schmidt (Franz) interrogation, 209–210
Schmidt (Oskar) interrogation, 209–210, 210–211, 212
Stalag Luft III visit, 106–107
Struve interrogation, 212–213
Tischendorf and, 206–207
Urbanek and, 81
Vaca and, 76–77
winter of 1946–1947 (Germany), 213–214
Zacharias interrogation, 227
Zlín Gestapo headquarters and, 81–83
Mannheim, Germany, 138, 139, 153, 154
Manual for Military Law, 226
maps, X-Organization, 7, 10
Marcinkus, Romas (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 96, 162–170, 231, 241
Marshall, Harry (Flight Lieutenant), 11
Maryland bombers, 108
Massey, Herbert (Group Captain), 27, 28–30, 34
Mauthausen concentration camp, 15
McBride (Squadron Leader), 246
McDonald, Alastair (Flight Lieutenant), 173
McGarr, Clement (Lieutenant), ix, 242
McGill, George (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 189, 242
McKenna, Francis P. (Squadron Leader), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Absalon (Gunther’s parents) and, 42–44
Absalon (Gunther’s wife) and, 44–45
Achterberg interrogation, 163–166
background of, 32–33, 36, 41, 46, 63
barbarity of Nazi Party, 216–218, 221
Bender’s statement, 151–152
Blackpool Borough Police, 32, 41, 232
Blum and, 166–167
Boschert interrogation, 140–141
Bowes and, 72, 84, 85, 87, 100, 142, 222
Breslau evacuees interviewees, 47, 48–51
Bruchardt interrogation, 166–170
cold case, 32, 33–42
Courtney and, 62–63
death of, 233
Dingermann interrogation, 150–151
dreams of, 47–48
exhaustion of, 132
Gmeiner interrogation, 141–142
Herberg interrogation, 132–138, 139
host families of evacuees and, 47, 48
humanity view of, 138
internment camps canvassing, 42, 45–46, 62–63, 98, 100, 109, 138, 151, 163, 176, 220
investigation as a complex machine, 161
jeep problems, 59–61
Judge Advocate General’s Office and, 57–58, 63–64
justice vs. revenge, 233, 234
Kah and, 52–54, 58, 61–62
Lampel interrogation, 151
Lindeiner’s statement, 36–37, 37–38
Lonsky and, 48–51
Müller and, 38, 100
Nebe and, 38, 57–58, 181–182
Order of the British Empire, 232
papers, protecting, 59, 60, 61
Post interrogation, 220–221
Preiss interrogation, 138–140
razor wire trap incident, 180
Russian uncooperation with, 59–60, 62, 100, 180, 187, 188
Schmidt (Fritz’s mother) and, 218–219
Schmoll’s statement, 152–153
Schulz (Emil’s wife) and, 156, 157, 159–160
Schulz (Emil) interrogation, 157–160
“Sherlock Holmes,” 33
Smit and, 47, 57, 58, 59
Spann’s death confirmed by, 162
“spasmodic” quality of investigation, 219
Taylor and, 53, 58
Thomas and, 61
unaccounted-for-murderers, 223
Williams (H. J.) and, 35, 36–37, 38, 39–40, 42, 44, 45
Zacharias interrogation, 86–89, 90, 93
Zembrodt and, 51, 55–57
Mehling (Dr.), 56
memorial at Stalag Luft III, 234, 234
Mercier, Ernest, 51–54. See also Kah, Ernst (Breslau SD)
Merten, Hans (Nebe’s assistant), 18
Messerschmitt fighters, 2, 108, 192
MI9, 90
microphones used by Germany, 2, 4, 8, 145–146
Milford, Harold (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 173, 242
Minden prison, 40, 87, 88, 90, 117, 124, 137, 140, 141, 153, 158, 161, 168, 200, 209, 220
Ministry of Armed Forces of USSR, 184
Mohr, Peter (Munich Kripo), 114–115
Molovsky (Judge), 77
Mondschein, Jerzy (Flying Officer), ix, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 242
monument at Stalag Luft III, 107
Moosburg, Germany, 150, 151, 176
Moravska Ostrava, Czech Republic, 67, 74, 79, 80, 83, 89
Mueller, Erich, 208–209
Müller, Heinrich (Gestapo SS Gruppenführer), xiv
Cochran murder, 133, 136, 137, 192
Gmeiner and, 141
Hayter murder, 198
Herberg and, 136, 137, 192
Kaltenbrunner and, 16, 209
McKenna and, 38, 100
Nebe and, 18
Panzinger and, 64
Schauschütz and, 75
Schimmel and, 198
Schmid and, 182–184
war crimes charges against, 224
Wielen and, 230
Muller, Jens (Lieutenant), 33
Müller, Reinhardt (Heinrich’s son), 182–184
Munich (Gestapo and Kripo), xvi. See also specific members
investigation of, 38, 107, 109–114, 115–118, 121–128, 161
justice escaped by, 219, 223, 232
Munich, Germany, 40, 62, 64, 106, 196, 202
mural of Gestapo satyrs, 77
murders of escapees (fifty) by Gestapo, viii–ix, 15–16, 17, 18, 31, 41, 222, 239–243. See also Great Escape, The; Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF; specific murdered escapees
Murray, Philip (Squadron Leader), 28, 30
Mustang fighters, 204
Narochi Vybor prison, 65
National Socialism, 181
Natzweiler concentration camp, xv, 38, 130, 132, 133–134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 142, 162, 197, 199
Naville, Gabrielle (representative of Swiss Protecting Power), 30–31
Nazi Party, xiii–xvi. See also Germany; Gestapo; Hitler, Adolf; Kriminalpolizei (Kripo); specific members
barbarity of, 216–218, 221
cyanide capsules for suicide, 54, 64, 232
SA (“brownshirts”), 121
Nebe, Arthur (Kripo SS Gruppenführer), xiv
death of, 181, 232
Diels and, 57
Einsatzgruppen B, 181–182
execution list by, 18, 181
Himmler and, 181
Hitler and, 181
justice escaped by, 181, 232
Kaltenbrunner and, 18
McKenna and, 38, 57–58, 181–182
Merten and, 18
Müller and, 18
recapture of Stalag Luft III escapees, 16–17, 18, 34
war crimes charges against, 224
Wielen and, 16–17, 34, 230
Neely (Lieutenant), 111
Netherlands, 33
Neue Bremm torture camp, 153, 155
Neuengamme internment camp, 209, 214
Neumünster, Germany, 20, 23, 58, 61, 96
New Zealand murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
Nicholas, W. V. (Captain), 33, 35
No. 1 Civilian Internment Camp (CIC) at Neumünster, 58, 61, 163
No. 2 Civilian Internment Hospital at Karlsruhe, 140
No. 4 Civilian Internment Camp (CIC) at Recklinghausen, 98
No. 6 Civilian Internment Camp (CIC) at Moosburg, 98
Nöelle, Wilhelm (Brno Gestapo), xiv, 75, 161–162
Normandy invasion, 127, 217
North Western Europe War Crimes Investigation Unit, 40, 220
Norway, 204
Norwegian murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
Nuremberg Laws, 110
Nuremberg Trials, 38, 57, 170, 232
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Army High Command), 13
obstacles to investigation, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 46–47, 63, 96, 99–100, 180, 187, 188, 189
Oehlert, Dr. (defense counsel), 227–228
Oflag VI-B concentration camp, 14
Oflag XIII-B concentration camp, 118–121
Oflag XVII-A concentration camp, 14
Ogilvie, A. Keith (Flight Lieutenant), 173, 245, 246
Operation Bullet (Aktion Kugel), 15
Operation Loyton, 130–131
Order of the Blood, 221
Order of the British Empire, 232
Paderborn internment camp, 141
Pancheff (Major), 73
Pankratz prison atrocities, 76–77, 82
Panzinger, Fritz, 64
Patton, George S. (Lieutenant General), 119, 120
Patzig, Helmut (Lieutenant), 226
Pawluk, Kazimierz (Flying Officer), ix, 188, 242
Permanent Camp for Airmen 3, 1. See also Great Escape, The; Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft III)
Peters, Rudolf (Strasbourg Gestapo), 197–199
Picard, Henri (Flying Officer), ix, 96, 162–170, 231, 242
Pieber, Hans, 28–29, 30
Pieber, Haputmann, 246
Plötzensee Prison, 181
Plunkett, Des (Flight Lieutenant), 7
Pohe, Porokuro Patapu “Johnny” (Flying Officer), ix, 186, 242
Pohlmann, 215, 220–221. See also Post, Johannes (Kiel Gestapo)
Poland, 105–106, 121
Polish breakout from Oflag VI-B, 14
Polish murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
Polish uncooperation in Breslau, 105–106
Portugal, 34
Post, Johannes (Kiel Gestapo), xv
background of, 19–20, 216
Baumann and, 214–215, 215–216
Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 22–25, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 224
Heidt (Post’s mistress), 215–216, 220
interrogation of, 221
Pohlmann (alias), 215, 220–221
Sagan Case trial, 224, 225–226, 230, 231, 231
theater and, 23, 27
Prague, Czech Republic, 3, 52, 73, 84, 101, 103, 105, 147, 161
Preiss, Otto (Karlsruhe Gestapo), xv
Cochran murder, 134–135, 137, 138–140, 224
Sagan Case trial, 224, 229, 230
Quebec University, 82
RAF. See Royal Air Force
razor wire trap incident, McKenna, 180
Reavell-Carter, Laurence (Squadron Leader), 245–247
recaptured escapees, 17–18, 27–28, 30, 34, 36–37, 49. See also specific escapees
recapture of Stalag Luft III escapees by Kripo, 16–17, 18, 21, 34, 49, 96–97, 114
reconstruction of Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 82, 82
records, destroyed, 21, 64, 81, 117, 127, 141, 208
Red Army, 34, 35, 47, 50, 51, 52, 64, 100, 106, 174, 187
Red Cross, 6, 15, 28, 30, 67, 81, 92, 118, 144, 161, 164, 210, 212
Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), xiv, 16, 16n. See also Central Security Office, Berlin
Rinteln, Germany, 39–40, 45, 46, 47, 57, 62, 87, 107, 140, 160
Roemer, Hugo (Brno Gestapo), xiv, 74, 75, 76, 161–162, 162n
Rogue’s Gallery, 223
Rotenhahn Inn, 25, 207
Royal Air Force (RAF) Investigation Team, xiii, 163, 219, 233. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Royle, Paul (Flight Lieutenant), 173
Ruhr Valley, Germany, 27, 40, 43
Russian Occupation Zone, 35, 39, 40, 45, 47, 56, 58–60, 87, 100, 104n, 180, 184, 187, 215, 232
Russia/Russians (Soviet Union, USSR)
Red Army, 34, 35, 47, 50, 51, 52, 64, 100, 106, 174, 187
Scharpwinkel and, 51, 55–56, 57, 58, 61–62, 100, 180, 184, 185, 186–187, 188, 219, 222, 230
uncooperation with McKenna, 59–60, 62, 100, 180, 187, 188
SA (“brownshirts”), 121
Saarbrücken, Germany, 38, 99, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157
Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 187
Sagan, Germany, 1, 4, 15, 35, 36, 38, 109, 223, 235
Sagan Case trial, 223–231. See also Great Escape, The; Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Boschert and, 224, 229, 230
defense’s case, 225–230
Geith and, 224, 229, 230
German Military Penal Code and, 226
Grossfahndung order, 14, 36, 176, 225
guilty verdicts, 230
justice, escaped, 219, 223, 232
Llandovery Castle case and, 226
London Cage torture allegations, 227–228, 229
Manual for Military Law and, 226
murders of individual POWs charges, 224, 230
non guilty pleas of defendants, 225
Post and, 224, 225–226, 230, 231, 231
Preiss and, 224, 229, 230
prosecution’s case, 225, 226, 229, 230
Schimmel and, 224, 229–230
Scotland and, 227–228, 229
sentences, 230, 231, 233
superior orders plea, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230
“war crime,” 226
war crime charges, 224, 225, 230
Wielen and, 224, 225, 230, 233
Zacharias and, 224, 227, 228, 230
Salau, Artur (mortician laborer), 26, 27
Sawerthal, Anton (cremation attendant), 103–104
Schafer, Arthur (crematorium engineer), 26–27, 205–206
Schäfer, Lisalotte (Oswald’s wife), 223
Schäfer, Oswald (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 117–118, 122, 126
Hebberling and, 127–128
justice escaped by, 161, 219, 223, 232
Scharpwinkel, Wilhelm (Breslau Gestapo), xiv
Breslau defense and, 174–175
Cornish interrogation, 184–185, 185–186
death of, 230
execution of Stalag Luft escapees, 17, 34, 36, 47, 176–179, 185–186, 187–188, 189, 222
Hagamann (alias), 55–56
Hansel and, 176–179
Kah and, 61–62
Lonsky and, 50–51
Russians and, 51, 55–56, 57, 58, 61–62, 100, 180, 184, 185, 186–187, 188, 219, 222, 230
Schröder and, 186, 189–190
Schumacher and, 174–175
Wieczorek and, 188
Wielen and, 185
Zembrodt and, 55–57
Schauschütz, Franz (Brno Gestapo), xiv, 74–76, 77
Scheidhauer, Bernard (Lieutenant), ix
background of, 148
murder of, 98, 149, 150–151, 152–153, 153–156, 157–160, 218, 224
Schermer, Martin (Munich Gestapo), xvi
death of, 114
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 115–117, 122, 123–124, 125, 126, 127
Schimmel, Alfred (Strasbourg Gestapo), xvi
Hayter murder, 195–199, 224
Sagan Case trial, 224, 229–230
Schmid, Anny (Müller’s mistress), 182, 183–184
Schmidt, Ernst, 157. See also Schulz, Emil
Schmidt, Franz (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 22, 24, 209–210, 211, 212, 219
Schmidt, Friedrich “Fritz” (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 20n
Baumann and, 214–215, 218
Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 19, 20, 209, 210, 211, 213, 222, 232–233
Schmundt (alias), 214, 215
Schmidt, Maria (Fritz’s mother), 218–219
Schmidt, Oskar (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 20n
Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26–27, 208, 209, 210–211, 212, 213, 224, 230
Schmoll (Police Inspector), 152–153, 155
Schmundt, 215. See also Schmidt, Friedrich “Fritz” (Kiel Gestapo)
Schneider, Johann (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115, 116–117, 118, 121–124, 125, 126, 127, 224, 230
Schröder, Robert (Scharpwinkel’s driver), xiv, 186, 189–190
Schulz, Angela (Emil’s wife), 156, 157, 159–160
Schulz, Emil (Saarbrücken Kripo)
Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 157–160, 218, 224
Schumacher, Hans (Breslau Kripo), xiv, 174–175
Schwarzer, Fritz (Roemer’s driver), xv, 76, 79–80, 162
Scotland, A. O. (Lieutenant Colonel)
background of, 91, 92
London Cage and, 91, 92, 93, 94, 185, 192–193, 212, 227–228
Sagan Case trial, 227–228, 229
Second World War (WWII), 91, 235. See also Great Escape, The
Seetzen, Heinrich (Breslau Security Police), xiv, 53–54, 58, 219
sentences, Sagan Case trial, 230, 231, 233
Serbian POWs, 120
Shand, M. M. (Flight Lieutenant), 245, 246
“Sherlock Holmes,” 33. See also McKenna, Francis P. (Squadron Leader)
SIB. See Special Investigating Branch
Sicherheitsdienst (SD), 53
Siedwidski (General), 106
Skanziklas, Sortiros “Nick” (Pilot Officer), ix, 188, 242
Smit, Wilhelm (Sergeant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Absalon and, 43, 44, 45
background of, 42
Courtney and, 62
McKenna and, 47, 57, 58, 59
solitary confinement for POWs, 144, 145, 146
South Africa, 100, 108, 111
South African murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
South African Territories, Ltd., 91
Soviet Union. See Russia/Russians
Spain, 17, 34
Spann, Leopold (Saarbrücken Gestapo)
Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 98, 149, 150–151, 152–153, 153–156, 157, 158
death of, 162
“spasmodic” quality of investigation, 219
Special Air Service (SAS), 130, 131, 199
Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF. See also Bowes, Wilfred “Freddie” (Wing Commander); Courtney, Stephen (Flight Lieutenant); Great Escape, The; Lyon, A. R. (Flight Lieutenant); McKenna, Francis P. (Squadron Leader); Smit, Wilhelm (Sergeant); Williams, H. J. (Flight Sergeant); specific murdered escapees and team members
final report on Sagan Case, 222
headquarters, 33
obstacles to investigation, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 46–47, 63, 96, 99–100, 180, 187, 188, 189
reconstruction of Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 82, 82
Royal Air Force Investigation Team, xiii, 163, 219, 233
success of, 233
Spires (Lieutenant), 247
Spitfire fighters, 2, 3, 204, 205
Stalag Luft I, 147, 247
Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft III), 1–2, 106–107, 147, 191, 234, 234, 235. See also Great Escape, The
Stalag VIII-B, 144
Stege, Inge, 216
Stevens, Rupert (Lieutenant), ix, 242
background of, 108–109
escape from Stalag Luft III, 108, 109
murder of, 109, 113, 114, 115–118, 121–127, 224, 229, 230, 232
recapture of, 111
Stewart, Robert (Flying Officer), ix, 41, 189, 242
Stirling fighters, 27
“stooges” (prisoner lookouts), 5
Stower, John (Flying Officer), ix, 100–101, 101–103, 104, 242
Strasbourg (Gestapo and Kripo), xvi, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198
Street, Denys (Flying Officer), ix, 243
Struve, Wilhelm (Kiel Gestapo driver), xv
Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 24, 209, 212–213, 224
Stufe Römisch III order, 15
Sturmbannführers, 104, 105
Stuttgart, Germany, 38, 99, 138
Sunday Times, 95
superior orders plea, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230
survivor escapees (three), 17, 33–34
Swain, Cyril (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 172, 189, 243
Sweden, 17, 20, 21, 33
Swedish Mission Hostel, 52
Swiss Protecting Power, 30–31
Switzerland, 31, 109, 130, 146
Tate, Tom, 143–144
Taylor (Sergeant), 52–54, 58
theater and Post, 23, 27
Third Army (U.S.), 73, 119–121, 140
Thomas, W. P. (Squadron Leader), xiii, 61
Thompson, Alfred (Flight Lieutenant), 173
Tischendorf, Wilhelm (Russian undertaker), 25, 27, 206–207
Tobolski, Pawel (Flying Officer), ix, 243
Tomahawk fighters, 108
Tom tunnel, 4, 8–9
Tonder, I. P. (Flight Lieutenant), 101–103
torture allegations, London Cage, 227–228, 229
Tunisia, 119
tunneling difficulty, 1–2, 4–6, 7, 8
Ukrainians, 168, 169, 231
underground microphones, 2, 4, 8
University of Breslau, 49
Urbanek (Brno Gestapo), 81
urns of murdered escapees, 27, 31, 40, 41, 84, 96, 101, 103, 104, 109, 112, 130, 136, 150, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 199, 201, 206, 209
USSR. See Russia/Russians
Vaca (Captain), 76–77
Valenta, Ernst “Wally” (Flying Officer), ix, 11, 65, 172, 189, 243
van der Bijil, F. V. (Czech lawyer), 64, 65–67, 72
Van der Stok, Bram (Flight Lieutenant, Dutch), 33–34
Van Giessen, J. (Sergeant), xiii, 137, 140, 156, 205, 207
Vasilievich, Gershkov Michael, 187
Venediger, Günther (Danzig Gestapo), xv, 97–98, 163, 168, 169–170, 219, 232
victory (symbolic), Great Escape as, 234–235
Volkssturm (Home Guard), 174
Vosges Mountains, 130, 132, 135
Vreugdenhil (Lieutenant Colonel), 86
Wacker, Ferdinand (Home Guard), 193–194
Walde, Ernst Richard (Colonel), 63
Walenn, Gilbert (Flight Lieutenant), 96, 162–170, 231, 243
Walenn, Tim (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 6–7
Walker, D. J. (Flying Officer), xiii, 163
“war crime,” 226
war crime charges, Sagan Case trial, 224, 225, 230
War Criminals Holding Centre, Minden, 40, 87, 88, 90, 117, 124, 137, 140, 141, 153, 158, 161, 168, 200, 209, 220
War Office, 91, 92, 95
waste sacks escapes, 247
Waters, John (Lieutenant Colonel), 120
Wehrmacht, 49, 56, 149, 150
Weil, Emil (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115–117, 122, 123–124, 125, 126, 127, 224, 230
Weissmann, Robert (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 104, 104n
Wellington bombers, 68, 70, 192
Welter (Mülhausen Gendarmerie), 193–194
Wernham, James (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 188, 243
Wesermünde, Germany, 81, 87, 88, 216
Weyland, Robert (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 104, 104n
Whitley bombers, 129
Wieczorek, Erwin (Breslau SS), xiv, 188, 231
Wielen, Max (Breslau Kripo), xiv
Grossfahndung order, 14, 36, 176, 225
Müller and, 230
Nebe and, 16–17, 34, 230
Sagan Case trial, 225, 230, 233
Scharpwinkel and, 185
Wiley, George (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 186, 243
Williams, H. J. (Flight Sergeant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
cremation receipts, 115
Gassner interrogation, 110–112
McKenna and, 35, 36–37, 38, 39–40, 42, 44, 45
Peters interrogation, 197–199
Schulz interrogation, 156, 157, 158
Williams, John E. (Squadron Leader), ix, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 243
Williams, John F. (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 243
Wilson, D.E.L. (Group Captain), 30, 31
winter of 1946-1947 (Germany), 213–214
Winter Olympics (1936), 110
Wochner, Magnus (camp registrar at Natzweiler), xv, 137, 138
World War I (First World War), 27, 91, 206, 226
World War II (Second World War), 91, 235. See also Great Escape, The
X-Organization, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204
Zacharias, Erich (Zlín Frontier Police), xv
Czech girl raped and murdered by, 93–94
escapes by, 87–88, 93, 94–95, 152, 152
Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 66–67, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82–83, 84, 85, 86–89, 90, 93–94, 152, 224
Kiowsky and, 88, 89
Sagan Case trial, 224, 227, 228, 230
Zafouk, Jack, 147
Zembrodt, Hubertus, 51, 55–57
Ziegler, Hans (Zlín Frontier Police), xiv
death of, 223
Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 67, 72, 73–74, 77, 78–79, 80–81, 82–83, 84, 88, 89, 162, 219–220, 227
Zlín. See also Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and Kripo)
Frontier Police interrogations, 77–81
Gestapo headquarters, 81–83