TV Channel PBS America

The Great Escape: The Reckoning







The story of The Great Escape, when a group of 76 airmen escaped a Nazi prisoner of war camp during WWII, is a familiar one, thanks to Hollywood – but less well known are its chilling consequences.

GREAT ESCAPE: THE RECKONING reveals the grim fate of 50 of those escapees, who were subsequently recaptured and murdered by the Gestapo as retribution, under the direct orders of Adolf Hitler. The programme also follows the remarkable investigation by a small group of RAF police, who returned after the war to track down the perpetrators.