Fancy a holiday in Hotel Colditz?

Peter Clare · 10-05-2007, 10:37 AM

Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - HOTEL COLDITZ

marcus69x · 10-05-2007, 03:18 PM

Quite an interesting article. I knew Douglas bader was sent there but that's all I've ever really heard about it. A new project to read/learn about I think. Cheers Peter Clare.

10-05-2007, 08:54 PM

If I go there does that mean I have to eat cat?

smc · 12-05-2007, 07:47 PM

Can the bedroom furniture be fashioned into gliders?

Owen · 03-08-2007, 10:14 AM

Good report on BBC News last night including interview with a German guard who was posted there after losing an eye on the Ost Front.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Colditz seeks to tempt tourists

Watch it here. The music for those that don't know is from the BBC drama from the 70's.
BBC News Player - Colditz converted into hotel

spidge · 03-08-2007, 10:27 AM

Maybe it needs to be commercialised and pay its way to continue to exist in its present state.

04-08-2007, 12:23 AM

I would go

Owen · 04-08-2007, 12:33 AM

The castle is a very old building with a lot of history, this is just the current chapter .
I don't believe it should be kept as a WW2 theme park but the events from it's time should be remembered but for the place to survive it has to make money.
I've wanted to go there for quite awhile now, one day I will.
(Monte Cassino and Red Squre being the other places I must see.)

GPRegt · 04-08-2007, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owen D

I don't believe it should be kept as a WW2 theme park

I agree, but, likewise, it shouldn't be so remodelled that it loses it's important features. According to the BBC report, this is what the company that is turning the castle into a hotel intends to do. For example, the solitary confinement cells are to become WCs. All health and safety regulations considered, surely the castle can become a hotel whilst retaining its historic importance.

Steve W.

10-05-2007, 10:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Neverland Posts: 5,554	Fancy a holiday in Hotel Colditz? Mirror.co.uk - News - Top Stories - HOTEL COLDITZ

03-08-2007, 10:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,309	Good report on BBC News last night including interview with a German guard who was posted there after losing an eye on the Ost Front. BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Colditz seeks to tempt tourists Watch it here. The music for those that don't know is from the BBC drama from the 70's. BBC News Player - Colditz converted into hotel Last edited by Owen; 03-08-2007 at 10:16 AM.

03-08-2007, 10:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,026	Maybe it needs to be commercialised and pay its way to continue to exist in its present state. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
London holiday advice please, IWM,V&AM etc	museumtom	WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.	8	26-04-2007 02:14 PM

10-05-2007, 03:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,510	Quite an interesting article. I knew Douglas bader was sent there but that's all I've ever really heard about it. A new project to read/learn about I think. Cheers Peter Clare.

10-05-2007, 08:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kitty Guest Posts: n/a	If I go there does that mean I have to eat cat?

12-05-2007, 07:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
smc Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 70	Can the bedroom furniture be fashioned into gliders?

04-08-2007, 12:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Wise1 Guest Posts: n/a	I would go

04-08-2007, 12:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,309	The castle is a very old building with a lot of history, this is just the current chapter . I don't believe it should be kept as a WW2 theme park but the events from it's time should be remembered but for the place to survive it has to make money. I've wanted to go there for quite awhile now, one day I will. (Monte Cassino and Red Squre being the other places I must see.)

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)