Poznan to Zary, Poland – Short ride 210 kms took 3 hrs over some back roads, a pleasant ride. On the way I stopped at a huge statue of Jesus in the middle of nowhere.

Heading out of Poznan

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Hard at Work

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First glimpse of Jesus

Free Entry

Huge

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Part of the site

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Hotel for the Holy

Getting there

Back roads

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Food

I stayed in Zary to visit the Stalag Luft 3 Museum where the Great Escape took place. There is nothing left of the original camps but the museum has reconstructed a few things and there is some memorabilia in the museum. An amazing feat constructing a tunnel 10m underground and 100m long under the noses of the Germans. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like working in such a cramped space, not for the claustrophobic.

An Icon

The Tunnel

They were treated well

Air Force were mostly the prisoners

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The camp

MAny Camps in the area

Camps

The Barracks

Inside a Cell, nice

Note the Stove in the corner under which the tunnel was concealed

Dimensions of the tunnel

Tunnel Ventilation

Another Tunnel

No I did not go down there

Memorial

The actual exit

and Entrance

in the forest

Russian Cemetery

Great Escape Cemetery

Great Escape Cemetery

Old Faithful

Dirt road to get to the Cemetery

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