Ben Macintyre on the surprising escape from Colditz Nazi prison | ABC News

Best-selling author Ben Macintyre is someone who knows all too well that truth is stranger than fiction. Subscribe: ab.co/1svxLVE
He's sold millions of copies of outrageous but true stories, which have been adapted into documentaries, TV drama and even a feature film starring Colin Firth. His latest book Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, tells the story of the infamous Nazi prison and the band of British officers who plotted to escape it.
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