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Index Post-War history and the current situation at Colditz.
After the end of the Second World War, Colditz town and Castle
found themselves located in the Eastern Zone of Germany; for
those readers who are too young to remember the division of
Germany, it was also known as the German Democratic Republic or
DDR, or simply as East Germany. This part of the country was
under the rule of what was called the 'Eastern Bloc', countries
under Communist control and effectively overseen by the Soviet
Union. The world-view of the ruling powers at that time [read:
the Soviets] was such that they wanted to demolish both Colditz
Castle and the nearby Podelwitz Castle, because they were
symbols of a more 'decadent' era or some similar Communist
excuse (such excuse probably also including the cliche word
'bourgeoise'). However the two castles w