The incredible story of how POWs played golf at the ‘Great Escape’ prison camp

During the Second World War, prisoners at the Nazi Stalag Luft III camp found ingenious ways to stave off boredom.

Beyond the towering rolls of barbed wire, the world was on fire — continents ravaged, a death toll spiraling into the millions. Inside the fence, captured allied soldiers practiced their putting. It was the Nazi Germany prisoner-of-war camp from which arguably history’s most famous break-out was sprung, yet less well-documented is that before — and even after — “The Great Escape,” Stalag Luft III was home to one of the most improvised and ingenious sports clubs ever created.

“The creativity from such scarcity … You put all of these smart men in a confined space with nothing to do and you’d be not only surprised, but amazed, at what they’re able to create because of that situation.” “Truth is stranger than fiction” Eventually, 10 iron clubs arrived, sent by Ward-Thomas’ Danish pen-pal. Before that, clubs were made by POWs through similar feats of ingenuity.

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