Singen

Singen is an industrial metropolis inside the very south of Baden-Wurttemberg in southern Germany and simply north of the German-Swiss border. Singen is an industrial city located in the very south of Baden-Wurttemberg in Germany close to Lake Constance just north of the German-Swiss border and is the most critical metropolis within the Hegau area. Singen is brilliant in military records for the Singen course in World War II. This path into Switzerland turned into found by using Dutch naval lieutenant Hans Larive in 1940 on his first escape strive from an Oflag in Soest.

After being captured on the Swiss border close to Singen, the interrogating Gestapo officer become so assured the struggle might quickly be received through Germany that he instructed Larive the safe manner across the border. Larive did no longer neglect and many prisoners later escaped the usage of this route - that protected Larive himself, Francis Steinmetz, Anthony Luteyn, Airey Neave, Pat Reid and Howard Wardle in their escapes from Colditz Castle when Colditz changed into used within the warfare as Oflag IV-C.