Colditz Castle, Oflag IVC. Thirteen books for those who are starting on the Colditz road. 1. Detour. Edt. Jerry Wood. Falcon Press 1946. First book published on Oflag IVC. A “MUST”. 2. The Colditz Story. Pat Reid. Hodder and Stoughton. 1952. The book that led to the black and white film covering November 1940 – October 1942. Has the feel of the 1940s. 3. The Latter Days. P.R.Reid. Hodder and Stoughton. 1953. The first British Escape Officer deals with Colditz November 1942 – April 1945. 4. Colditz : The Full Story. Pat Reid. 1984. Macmillan. Some new material in one volume. 5. The Privileged Nightmare. Romilly and Alexander. 1954. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Well written saga of the small group of prisoners named the Prominente [hostages]. 6. They Have Their Exits. Airey Neave. Hodder and Stoughton 1953. Account of Britain's first home run from Colditz. 7. Name, Rank and Serial Number. Florimond Duke. Merideth Press, New York. 1969. Colditz from the American perspective by an OSS officer. 8. Colditz : The German Story. Reinhold Eggers. Robert Hale 1961. Fascinating record by the German Security Officer in Colditz. 9. Colditz Recaptured. R.Eggers. Robert Hale 1973. Twenty one chapters from former PoW with observations and a couple of chapters by the editor. 10. Camera in Colditz. Ron Baybutt. Hodder and Stoughton. 1982. Attractive book with a lot of 1940-45 images and full explanations. 11. The Man Who Came in from Colditz. Hans Larive. Robert Hale 1975. A home run from the Dutch point of view. 12. In Presence of my Foes. Gris Davies-Scourfield. Pen and Sword 1991. On the run in Europe for some months and escaped from Colditz via a rubbish tip. 13. Colditz : The Definitive History. Hodder and Stoughton. 2001. Very readable account of Oflag IVC. Some new revelations about Colditz 1940-45.