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The main entrance to the castle
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A look along the front
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The inner gate
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There are several of these photo cut-outs around the castle. This one shows a German guard with a dummy which prisoners used to take the place in roll calls of an escaped prisoner. Two prisoners would hold it up between them in the middle of the formation, and drop a pair of boots under it. It worked for a long while.
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Looking across the courtyard, used for roll call formations and as an exercise yard.
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The British quarters on the left, the Dutch and Polish on the right.
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Across the courtyard from the other end, the tower leads to the French quarters.
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Wall painting of pheasants by the Master of Elphinstone, one of the "Prominente" prinsoners - he was the queen's nephew.
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Copy of a painting by Cranach, with a view of Colditz castle in the upper left.