Editing Colditz Castle (section)

=== Notable occupants ===
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Gp Capt|Group Captain}} [[Douglas Bader]], [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] [[flying ace]], double leg amputee and subject of the documentary book and film ''[[Reach for the Sky]]''
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Capt|Captain}} [[Micky Burn]], [[No. 2 Commando]], journalist and writer
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Lt|Lieutenant}} [[Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow|Charles Hope]], [[51st (Highland) Division]], 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|2Lt|Second lieutenant}} [[Desmond Llewelyn]], [[Royal Welch Fusiliers]], later known as the actor playing [[Q (James Bond)|Q]] in 17 ''[[James Bond]]'' films
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Lt|Lieutenant}} [[Airey Neave]], [[Royal Artillery]], later {{abbr|Lt Col|Lieutenant colonel}} and Conservative {{abbr|MP|Member of Parliament}}
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Lt Col|Lieutenant Colonel}} [[David Stirling]], founder of the [[Special Air Service]]
* {{flagicon|NZL}} {{abbr|Capt|Captain}} [[Charles Upham]] {{abbr|[[Victoria Cross|VC]]|Victoria Cross}} and [[medal bar|bar]], [[20th Battalion (New Zealand)|20th Battalion]], the only fighting soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross twice.
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Capt|Captain}} [[Pat Reid]], [[Royal Army Service Corps]], one of the [[Oflag VII-C|Laufen Six]] then British escape officer at Colditz, before writing about his experiences
* {{flagicon|GBR}} {{abbr|Capt|Captain}} [[Kenneth Lockwood]], [[Royal West Surrey Regiment]], one of the [[Oflag VII-C|Laufen Six]] then part of the escape team at Colditz
* {{flagicon|USA}} {{abbr|Col|Colonel}} William Schaefer, U.S. Army
* {{flagicon|POL}} {{abbr|Gen|General}} [[Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski]], Head of Polish Underground Army
* {{flagicon|FRA}} {{abbr|Gen|General}} [[Jean Adolphe Louis Robert Flavigny|Jean Flavigny]], Notable Tank Commander from the Battle of France
* {{flagicon|Free France}} {{abbr|Gen|General}} [[Georges Bergé]], co-founder of the Special Air Service
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Flight lieutenant|Flt Lt]] [[Josef Bryks]], Czech pilot, participant of the [[Stalag Luft III|Great Escape]], before which tried to escape three times.