#oflag

[cid5]

German S.S. General Ernst Fick and his driver, shot dead by U.S. soldiers who were en route to liberate Polish P.O.W.'s at "Oflag VII-A Murnau Prison" (Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany 4-29-45)

[george-the-good]

When George Harewood was taken prisoner in the war, King George VI said to one of his friends in the same regiment: ‘Don’t worry. The Germans are such snobs that George will be well looked after.’

- Kenneth Rose journal entry, 21 August 1986. (Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose)

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George, the King’s nephew, joined the Grenadier Guards in 1942 at the age of 19. He was shot and wounded in Italy on 18th June 1944 and captured by the Nazis. He was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, aka Colditz Castle, alongside other Prominente – prisoners with illustrious Allied connections, that were earmarked as powerful bargaining chips.

In March 1945, Hitler signed George’s death warrant and SS commander Gottlob Berger was ordered to execute the Prominente. But realising the war was lost, Berger failed to carry out the sentence and released his prisoners to the Swiss.

- Harewood.org

[yellowmanula]

URBEX - Borne Sulinowo 2023 Between 1934 and 1936, by the decision of the Third Reich government, Borne was transformed into a military town, serving as the support base for the artillery range of the Wehrmacht Artillery School. This is where units of Guderian's armored division were concentrated before the September attack on Poland, and Rommel trained his corps for the African campaign on these ranges. From September 1939, there was also a camp for enlisted prisoners of war (Stalag), which was transformed into an officer's camp, Oflag II D Gross Born, on June 1, 1940.

[greinkeephus]

that’s right and I got more where that came from. they were extremely good at taking pictures so their lives are surprisingly well-documented! Some of those pictures are genuine historical artifacts, too, because both my great-grandfathers were imprisoned in OFLAG 17-A, a POW camp where the prisoners snuck in all kinds of stuff, like an actual video camera, dug escape tunnels, and held a whole cultural life with theatre, drag performances, university classes, and art exhibitions

Almost everything you see on this picture is made of paper and paint, including the costumes. While anyone in the theatre troupe could get a woman’s role, only the prettiest young officers were selected to shave their legs and dance the cancan (no pictures of this sadly). This photo was adressed to “Mme Jean Debernard” (my great-grandpa’s name), though he isn’t pictured. At first I thought the inscription meant his wife back home but my grandpa remarked that these pictures were stashed not sent home because all mail was of course checked and they weren’t supposed to have any cameras. So I think he probably had some crossdressing experiences, not the least because he was one of the shortest men in camp!

[yespat49]

Le capitaine Darreberg, de l’oflag à La Salette. 1944 – 2024 il y a 80 ans.

Une vie, une évasion, une conversion, un apostolat quotidien et une mort programmée par le Ciel… dans la joie. Ce livre est un témoignage. Un récit de guerre, rédigé en pleine clandestinité, l’auteur faisant aussi partie de la Résistance. L’identité des personnes est donc secrète. Mais ils ont bien existé.  Tout commence un jour dans un oflag :   « Darreberg, jeune officier plein de vie et…

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 4.16 (after 1940)

1941 – World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships. 1941 – World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected. 1942 – King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism. 1943 – Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19. 1944 – World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. 1945 – World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. 1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine. 1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people. 1947 – Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1948 – The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.[8] 1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. 1963 – U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. 1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. 2007 – Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. 2008 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. 2012 – The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway. 2012 – The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. 2013 – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. 2013 – The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga. 2014 – The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities. 2016 – Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures 6,274. 2018 – The New York Times and the New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

i have a terrible horrible disturbing gruesome horrendous mandatory course that i really hate called contemporary archaeology which as a discipline is always either very boring or depressing and heartbreaking. most of the so called contemporary archaeology is just war crimes mass graves atrocities fortifications genocide concentration camps mass executions trench art massacres ghettos prisoners of war camps basicaly only tragedies and misery

when i was in school i used to cry during classes about ww2 and even the teachers were making fun oif me without any shame. then i kind of dropped out/slipped out of the school system and had personalised path of education/one on one classes with my teachers (this is the only reason why i was able to graduate) and i remember how i told my polish literature/language teacher that i refuse to read even one short story from the camp literature genre (bc i know what i xan expect there: ppl commiting suicide by pouring boiling water from the camp kitchen on themselves and female prisoners prostituting themselves for bread). she said that it's fine and she won't try to force me to read it, bless her soul, so this is how i was spared from it. whole last year of high school is dedicated to camp literature >.<

thank god ethnoarchaeology is considered a subsection of contemporary archaeology (but nobody acknowledges it! everybody pretends that enthoarcheology is less important) so i'm going to write an essay about my absolutely favourite topic instead of being forced to write about atrocities in sobibór or oflag woldenberg

[dzismis]

Hitler nie przegrał

Henryk Grynberg W Domu z dwiema wieżami mieszkało małżeństwo mieszane. On był z polskich arystokratów, ona z żydowskich mieszczan. On wybitnym psychiatrą, ona jego studentką – o trzydzieści lat młodszą, ale nie szkodzi. On przeżył oflag, ona Holokaust. Oboje mieli szczęście, ale ona dużo więcej. Szef ukraińskiej policji wywiózł ją i jej matkę cieżarówką z miasta, gdzie je czekała zagłada i nawet…

[mwsa-member]

The Giant Awakens by Lee Jackson

MWSA Review Pending  

Author's Synopsis

The world is at war.

Japan has just attacked Pearl Harbor. In London, Prime Minister Churchill disappears. In Washington, President Roosevelt faces an alliance with conflicting objectives. In the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin watches a Nazi onslaught maul his country.

From their isolated perch on Sark Island, feudal rulers Dame Marian Littlefield and her husband oppose their German occupiers in the only way left to them—through a battle of wits. They wonder about the location and well-being of their offspring, Paul, Claire, Lance, and Jeremy.

Meanwhile, Paul engages in intelligence operations in Manhattan and Washington, DC. Claire works with Americans decoding enemy messages. Lance conspires to escape with other POWs at Oflag IV-C within the walls of Colditz Castle. Jeremy leaves his heart with Amélie in France to join the British commandos for the greatest raid in history.

And in Moscow, the Russian winter has just set in.

The saga of the Littlefield family intensifies in THE GIANT AWAKENS, the fourth installment in Lee Jackson's epic After Dunkirk series.

Format(s) for review: Paper and Kindle

Review Genre: Fiction—Historical Fiction

Number of Pages: 600

Word Count: 149,629

[chuckyeager]

Llewelyn's nascent acting career was paused by the outbreak of war in 1939, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In 1940 his unit was engaged in fighting an entire Panzer division for several days near the French city of Lille, but they were overrun in attempting to retreat to Dunkirk, and Llewelyn was captured.

He spent the remainder of the war in prisoner of war camps, first at Laufen, before he was transferred to Colditz Castle (Oflag IV-C) following his attempted escape from Laufen by tunnelling out. Llewelyn remained imprisoned at Colditz until it was liberated by Allied forces in 1945.

THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS 1987

Desmond Llewelyn

[miraakcarnage]

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[olandsport-blog]

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[scrybes-scrapped-cards]

Magnificus: How did the oyster hide from the fish?

Leshy: Magnificus, I want a divorce.

Magnificus:

Magnificus:

Magnificus: ... it used clam-oflage

[katb357]

Falling for Hogan’s Heroes

6. An ending for Hogan's Heroes

The Greatest Escape

Hogan gathered his core team together in his office. He didn’t want what he had to say to be overheard. “I got bad news, fellas. Remember that meeting in London I got called to a few nights ago?” The others nodded. “Well, turns out Klink has messed up one too many times. The powers that be are closing Stalag 13 and transferring all the prisoners to Stalags 5 and 6, The worst of all the camps. I’ll be sent to an Oflag.”

Carter stiffened and he shook his head. “I can’t go back, Colonel. I just can’t.”

“I know, Carter. We’re working on it. We just never planned on anything like this happening.”

Carter, who was hardly ever afraid of anything, still looked stricken. He sat hunched over, trembling and pulling at his fingers. 

Newkirk, who was only mildly fazed by the news, since he had learned to expect the worst from life anyway, sat down next to Andrew and pulled him close. “Bugger the lot, mate. We’ll be alright.” He lit a cigarette and handed it over to him.

“You don’t understand, Newkirk.” Andrew took the cigarette and sucked in the smoke. “I’ll die if I go back to five. The Kommandant had it out for me.” 

“Maybe I can figure out a way to get transferred to the same camp as you and look out for you. It’s what mates do, ya know. Besides, maybe you won’t get five.”

Andrew shook his head, took another drag on the cigarette, then stamped it out underneath his heel. “No way. I won’t go to six either. I’ll escape before I let that happen. It’s not like our side can run this operation from either of those camps.”

Newkirk looked up at Hogan. “Man’s got a point. Those two camps might as well be death camps, Guv. You know that.”

Hogan rubbed his chin. “Let me talk to London first. Maybe we can set something up. At least get some people out anyway.”

“No, Sir,” Andrew said vehemently. “Respectfully speaking, of course, but it’s gotta be everyone. We’re all in this together, Colonel. We’ve worked awful hard and given up a lot and they oughta be willing to get us all out instead of sending us to our doom.”

Hogan nodded. “I agree with you. But I still need to talk to London. Give them a chance. But we do need to get everyone out. Okay?”

Andrew exhaled in a long sigh. “OK. I trust you, Colonel.” He was quiet for a moment, then cocked his head. “Ya know, we’ve gotta take Schultz and Langenscheidt with us. Our escape is like a death warrant for them.” 

“Yeah, if they’re willing to go, we need to give them a chance.”

“And Schultz’s family, and Hilda, and the dogs, and Langenscheidt’s sweetheart…” Andrew continued busily ticking off the list of those who should join them in the escape.

Hogan interrupted him before he could get further, “we have to keep this quiet. Only Schultz and Langenscheidt. They can send for their families later. 

Andrew looked up, crestfallen. “But Hilda!” He’d been sweet on her for a while, and Hogan knew it.

Hogan sighed. “Okay. Hilda, if she is willing. But no one else. And no dogs.”

“All right then.” Andrew was willing to concede on the dogs as long as Hilda was welcome. He felt in his pocket for the ring he’d been carving for her. Maybe he should pop the question soon… that would make it more likely she’d be willing to go. He sighed. No. She should decide for herself, without that extra motivation. He would keep working on the ring.

“Kinch,” Hogan asked, “go contact London and let them know what’s going on. See what they think.”

“Yessir.” Kinch headed for the ladder to the radio and relayed the message. When he returned, he gave Hogan a nod. “London says it’s a go. They were already planning to suggest it. We’re to get everyone out that we can, use the northern and southern routes, and get ourselves to safety. Our work is done.”

There was a moment of silence with Kinch’s last sentence. It was a pretty big pronouncement. Then everyone seemed to move at once… there was a lot to do in a very short amount of time.

Hogan sent Kinch back down to the radio to contact the Underground and set their escape route in motion. If all went well, they would escape in three night’s time. Then, he sent Newkirk to talk to Schultz and Carter to talk to Langenscheidt. He emphasized to Carter again that they would help Karl get his girl out after the escape. 

“I know, I know. Can I talk with Hilda after?” Carter ducked his head, then added, “Sir.” 

Hogan smiled. “Are you going to give her the ring you’ve been working on?”

“Do you think I should, Sir?” He reached in his pocket and rubbed the ring for good luck. “I mean, is it wrong to push her that way?”

“Look at it this way, what if you don’t ask her and she stays behind? How would you feel?”

He shrugged up a shoulder and a crooked grin spread across his face. “Good point, Sir. Yeah, I’ll give her the ring.” 

Hogan dismissed him and then turned to Kinch who had brought some papers for him to sign.

It was Newkirk who came up with the idea for their farewell to Klink. They had recently gotten a lot of wood for shingles for the roof of the barracks, but hadn’t repaired the roof yet. Newkirk hatched a plot with a few of the other men to leave a parting gift for their fearless commandant. The men who weren’t involved in the preparations for the escape got to work on it right away.

After discussing the necessary details with Langenscheidt, Andrew headed for the office. He rapped on the window in the special code he’d worked out with Hilda so she would come and meet him in their private place behind the recreation hall, then he hurried so that he would get there first. 

He had the ring tucked in one hand. It was a pretty ring, with tiny wildflowers carved around the entire face of it. Maybe someday he’d be able to get her a diamond, but he hoped that she would like this one until then. He paced nervously, hoping that she would come soon, but terrified that he would lose all ability to speak when she did.

Hilda hurried up to him. “I only have a few minutes. Klink is in a temper today.”

“He probably got the news--” Andrew shut his mouth and shook his head. There was no time for that. “Hilda, I have something for you.” He went down on one knee and held up the ring. “I love you, Hilda. Would you do me the honor of marrying me?”

Hilda was flustered… pleased, but confused. “Andrew, you’re a prisoner. I--I love you too, but how can we marry here, now?”

“We’re not here for much longer. That’s why Klink is upset, I’m sure. They’re shutting this camp down. If we stay, we’ll all be transferred to Stalags five and six. So we’re escaping. Every single one of us. And Hilda, we can take you with us.” 

She looked at him gravely. “If we marry, we could not go to the States right now. You know that. We would have to marry and live in Switzerland until the war is over. It would mean leaving your friends.”

He stepped closer to her and cupped her face in his hands. “For you, Hilda, I would live on the moon if I had to.” 

She nodded and held out her hand to accept his ring. “I accept Andrew Carter. I would be honored to be your wife.”

He slid the ring on her finger and looked up at her. Then he got to his feet again, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her deeply. “You’ll be getting a diamond ring soon as I can manage it,” he promised. “But if you want, Taffy can do the honors before we leave. Or we can wait for Switzerland and a church wedding if you prefer. Wedding planning is the bride’s joy, my Mama always told me, so I’m glad to let you take charge of it.” 

“Andrew, you are my family. The team are my friends. But there is no time. Besides, I don’t want a wedding certificate from Germany. Switzerland will do nicely.”

“Switzerland it is, then. I’d best skedaddle. Lots to do yet, and you don’t want Klinky getting any more out of sorts.” He kissed her one more time, then backed away a step. After a sudden-shy duck of the head, he scurried away.

Her heart hurt a little when she took the ring off her finger and put it on a chain around her neck, where it was hidden under her sweater. She couldn’t afford to have Klink or anyone else asking questions. She knew Andrew would understand, but still… to have to hide this news when she felt like shouting it to the world was hard. But soon, they would never have to hide again!

It was an ebullient Carter who slid into the tunnels looking for Hogan. Instead he found Newkirk. “We’re gettin’ married!” he announced, grabbing Peter by the arms and spinning him around. “Hilda and me… in Switzerland! Gonna live there till the war’s over!” 

Newkirk smiled. “Good on ya, mate. She’s a lovely bird. Now you need to finish packing up your lab. Some of the lads from the Underground will be here in a few hours to pick up everything. They can use it, plus it gets rid o’ the evidence. There’s some crates in the tunnel waiting for you. Guv says anything too dangerous for them to take should be neutralized if you can. If not, we need to come up with an excuse to explode it.”

Carter nodded. “Maybe we can fake some road work again. But we shouldn’t need to. I don’t have much really dangerous stuff on hand. Kinch getting rid of the radio and stuff?” 

“Yeah, all that’ll be left are the tunnels, and they was here when we got here, so they aren’t that big a secret, actually. Besides, the Allies will bomb this place in a few days. Hopefully Klinky figures out our farewell message and gets out before then.”

Andrew nodded and they went about their work. They had no time for worrying about the Commandant.

The word went out to the Barracks Chiefs that night. The Underground had never worked so fast in its existence. But they came through with flying colors. Safe houses were prepared, routes were cleared and the word was clandestinely passed north and south along their route. Papa Bear and his men were escaping.

Finally, the night itself. Schultz’s shining moment came when he ordered the guards to stand down and not do anything about the prisoners escaping out the gate, as it was simply a drill ordered by the commandant. They would be called upon to round up the prisoners and return them to their barracks.When one guard protested, Schultz pointed out he and Langenscheidt were going along to guard the prisoners, and taking the dogs, and did the man want to argue with Klink? That ended the protest.

And so, Hogan and all the prisoners and the dogs simply walked out the front gate and down the road, while Klink slept peacefully for the rest of the night. Le Beau sent the dogs home to Schnitzer while the men headed for their escape routes. By sunrise, they were miles away. Klink was in for a surprise when he stepped outside. The guards were standing around looking confused and angry. The prisoners who had worked on Klink’s farewell present had set it in place in the center of the parade ground where they usually mustered for roll call. They had split and nailed together the shingles into a sign which read simply, “Escape Number One.”

The End

[thelallybrochlibrary]

Category List: Sick & Injured Jamie

Well folks, here it is! Another category list. We all know how often Claire is either sick or injured in some of our favorite duo’s adventures, but we wanted to explore a list where the tables were turned. In this category list you will find stories where Jamie is the one who is either sick or injured. These stories are a mix of canon compliant and alternative universe! 

This category has the potential to be simply massive, knowing how accident-and-chaos-prone our lad is. We’ve tried our best to include as many as we can, but as always, please let us know if we should be adding any to our list.

XX, The Librarians

American Pie  by @jesuisprest747

A continuation of Blood Sugar, American Pie covers the ups and downs of the two years following Jamie and Claire's wedding.

An Endless Night  &  Vergangenheit by @phoenixflames12​

Captain James Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser, late of the 51st Highland Division and prisioner in Oflag VII Cprison Camp, Salzburg writes home to his wife Claire in a desperate attempt to remember his homeland.

Be sure to check out the accompanying fics and ficlets right here.

An Outlander Affair to Remember  by  AbbyDebeaupre

Jamie and Claire’s lives change course when fate brings them together.   Blindsided, in more ways than one, will they find the courage to let go of their past fears and illusions and learn once again to trust what their hearts tell them is true?

Atonement by @smashing-teacups

Jamie Fraser suffers a horrific car accident and wakes up in the hospital to find his life forever changed. His sole comfort comes in the companionship he finds with Claire Beauchamp, a nurse who understands his suffering more than he knows.

Appetency by @lallybrochloser

appetency- (n.) intense desire or a strong, natural craving; chemical attraction

While Claire Beauchamp thrives as an A&E doctor at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, she knows something is missing in her life. Something simple, yet crucial. Her life outside the hospital is sparse, save for the few fellow workers she calls friends. That changes when she finds herself staring into the ocean blue eyes of the Scottish Ambulance Service’s newest paramedic.

Bean sídhe by @kalendraashtar

Claire is the Bean sídhe, a legend in the Scottish Highlands. Loved by some and feared by many, she leads a mysterious life. But when her path crosses Jamie's, both their lives and the clans are forever changed.

Closing Time @abreathofsnowandwaffles

Claire Beauchamp is a second year medical student. Due to many late nights with her clinicals, and studying for her pharmacology class, she’s at wits end. One Friday night she decides not to join Joe Abernathy and her other friends out at Church, their local hangout spot, but instead winds up in a dive bar close to her flat with a very nice whisky selection. In fact, one of the best one she’s ever seen. When the bartender calls her ‘Sassenach’ and pours her a double, Claire gets a feeling in her chest she’s never felt before.

Colder Weather by @abreathofsnowandwaffles

3 years he had been gone - and oh, had things changed.

Come Back To Me by Jade2010

An Outlander modern AU set in 2020  where Jamie and Claire are a married couple. And and Jamie is comatose after an accident.

Dr. B Medicine Woman by @crossinginstyle

Claire Beauchamp is trying to make her way as a woman doctor in the 19th century. After the death of her uncle and only supporter, she decides to risk everything to travel to a small frontier town in Colorado in need of a doctor. There, she meets Mac, a mysterious, quiet man who lives among the Cheyenne, and becomes a sudden mother to three orphaned children.

First Time Here? by @crossinginstyle

Inspired by that one tweet I saw posted on Tumblr, the one that says;

"Shoutout to my bartender. I've been here on dates with 4 different dudes in the last 6 months and he hits me with "Ma'am, is this your first time here? every time. #GoodLookinOutMyMan"

Or, the one where Jamie is a bartender and Claire is a long-time customer who keeps bringing in disappointing dates in the months after dumping Frank.

For Every Season by  duskwatcher

Can a Great Love ever truly end? When Claire's worst fears are realized, can she face the sunset of their lives with grace? "Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion."

For the Last Time by @jesuisprest747

A continuation of the unfinished fic For Every Season in which Claire diagnoses Jamie with a terminal illness.

let us not talk falsely now by @gotham-ruaidh

Imagine if Jamie was a wounded soldier and Claire a combat nurse who met in a field hospital during the Vietnam War.

Love In The Time Of Quarantine by @holdhertightandsayhername​

Jamie and Claire both live in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, they only went out once before the Covid-19 lockdown was enforced. This is a sneak-peek of their text messages...

Punishment by @lenny9987​

What if Jamie decided not to intervene on Laoghaire’s behalf? He does not take a beating for her? Would Geillis keep Claire from intervening? What if Claire did intervene?

Red Jamie and the White Lady by @diversemediums and @takemeawaytocamelot

Claire Beauchamp is dragged by her best friend and flatmate, Geillis Duncan, to go visit a powerful psychic to prove once and for all that true love exists. Claire is a practical woman and finds the idea of true love pointless. Jamie Fraser is a powerful psychic who can glimpse the future. When he meets Claire, something changes. Like they were destined to find each other.

Safe by  @sbstevenson2

Six years after her husband's death, Claire Fraser and her daughters are on vacation when they're met with the surprise of their lives.

Safe With Me by  luvofmylonglife

Claire Beauchamp finds most of her sexual fulfillment with the porn videos of a hot Scot called Mac Dubh, despite 10 years of marriage to Professor Randall. But then one day she comes face to face with her fantasy man who is now an EMT at her hospital, and Claire struggles to find her footing when everything she thinks she knows about love starts to change.

The Long Way Back by @holdhertightandsayhername

In the summer of 1917, Claire Fraser finds a way back to her husband Jamie, haunted by his memories of the Great War in France.

The Midwife by @magnoliasinbloom

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Claire’s skills as a midwife take her to France and Scotland. When her journey leads her to James Fraser, she will have to decide if she will follow her calling or her heart.

the one thing older than war by @iihappydaysii

While on a bison hunt with Lord John Grey, Jamie Fraser gets bit by a venomous snake. With death just around the corner, Jamie makes a long-held confession. (A rewrite of 5x09.)

Once again, we tried our best with this one, but we are sure that there’s fics that have fallen through the cracks or ones that we forgot. Let us know if you know of any that fit this category that we missed!

xx The Librarians

[greatworldwar2]

Colditz Castle

Colditz Castle is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle gained international fame as the site of Oflag IV-C, a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for "incorrigible" Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps.

In 1046, Henry III of the Holy Roman Empire gave the burghers of Colditz permission to build the first documented settlement at the site. During 1083, Henry IV urged Margrave Wiprecht of Groitzsch to develop the castle site, which Colditz accepted. During the Middle Ages, the castle was used as a lookout post for the German Emperors and was the hub of the Reich territories of the Pleissenland. During 1504, the servant Clemens the baker accidentally set Colditz afire, and the town hall, church, castle and a large part of the town was burned. During 1506, reconstruction began and new buildings were erected around the rear castle courtyard. For nearly 100 years, from 1829 to 1924, Colditz was a sanatorium, generally reserved for the wealthy and the nobility of Germany. The castle thus functioned as a hospital during a long period of massive change in Germany. Between 1914 and 1918, the castle was home to both psychiatric and tuberculosis patients, 912 of whom died of malnutrition. When the Nazis gained power during 1933, they converted the castle into a political prison for communists, homosexuals, Jews and other people they considered undesirable. Starting 1939, allied prisoners were housed there.

After the outbreak of World War II, the castle was converted into a high security prisoner-of-war camp for officers who had become security or escape risks or who were regarded as particularly dangerous. Since the castle is situated on a rocky outcrop above the River Mulde, the Germans believed it to be an ideal site for a high security prison. The larger outer court, known as the Kommandantur, had only two exits and housed a large German garrison. The prisoners lived in an adjacent courtyard in a 90 ft (27 m) tall building. Although known as Castle Colditz to the locals, its official designation as a German military prison was Oflag IV-C and it was controlled by the Wehrmacht. While the camp was home to prisoners of war from many different countries, including Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Canada, in May 1943 Wehrmacht High Command decided to house only British and American officers.

The camp's first British prisoners were the Laufen Six on November 7th, 1940, who were transferred to Colditz after their first escape attempt from the Laufen Camp. Although it was considered a high security prison, it had one of the greatest records of successful escape attempts. This could be owing to the general nature of the prisoners that were sent there; most of them had attempted escape previously from other prisons and were transferred to Colditz, because the Germans had thought the castle escape-proof. Captain Patrick R. Reid, who successfully escaped from Colditz in 1942, went on to write multiple works on the living conditions and various escape attempts at Colditz from 1940 to 1945: The Colditz Story and The Latter Days at Colditz. In the early 1970s, he served as a technical consultant for a BBC television series featuring David McCallum, Edward Hardwicke and Robert Wagner, that focused on life at Colditz.

During the last days of Colditz, many of its prominent or high-ranking prisoners were transferred to Laufen by order of Himmler. But in April 1945, U.S. troops entered the town of Colditz and, after a two-day fight, captured the castle on April 16th, 1945. In May 1945, the Soviet occupation of Colditz began. According to the agreement at the Yalta Conference it became a part of East Germany. The Soviets turned Colditz Castle into a prison camp for local burglars and non-communists. Later, the castle was a home for the aged and nursing home, as well as a hospital and psychiatric clinic. For many years after the war, forgotten hiding places and tunnels were found by repairmen, including a radio room established by the French POWs, which was then "lost" again only to be re-discovered some twenty years later.

During 2006 and 2007, the castle underwent a significant amount of refurbishment and restoration which was paid for by the state of Saxony. The castle walls were repainted to recreate the appearance of the castle prior to World War II. With renovations largely completed, the castle now includes both a museum and guided tours showing some of the escape tunnels built by prisoners of the Oflag during the war.