They endured medieval-like conditions ... Charles Edmondson, 64, will serve a minimum of 15 years in prison; his wife, Matthew, will spend at least the next 13 years behind bars.

Colditz Castle, a forbidding medieval edifice near Leipzig, Germany, was supposed to be the Nazis' most escape-proof prison. Incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other ...

“The graffiti at the castle prison is well known to locals who walk the trails of this medieval city turned archaeological park,” researchers said. “(Another study notes) that some masonry ...