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Poland service commemorates 75 years since prison break that inspired film The Great Escape

March 25, 2019

A special service has been held in Poland to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the prison break which inspired the film The Great Escape.

During World War II, 200 Allied prisoners spent months digging a network of tunnels to free themselves from a German camp.

Fifty were killed trying to escape.

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