Eden Camp Modern History Museum will be hosting the Axis Allied Re-enactment Group this weekend to commemorate 80 years of The Great Escape
The re-enactment group, will be showcasing a real-life demonstration of the event that took place in Stalag Luft III in March 1944.
Joined by a number of veterans’ families linked to Stalag Luft III and the Great Escape, Axis-Allied and Eden Camp Modern History Museum, the event looks to support the families of the veterans involved, remembering each individual story, and highlighting the huge impact this event had on the war effort and morale of the country.
The re-enactment group hopes that this event and other occasions throughout the year will help to explore and support the accreditation of a blue plaque locally in memory of Flt Lt. Wilf Wise from Malton (Stalag Luft III Veteran).
Peter Wood, re-enactor from Axis-Allied, is assisting in organising the event he said:
“Things are currently very busy behind the scenes in the build up to our Great Escape event.
We are very delighted to have been able to make contact with and gain the support of dozens of families linked to both Stalag Luft 3 and The Great Escape.
Over the course of the weekend, we will joined by a number of these families, some of which are displaying original artefacts and sharing stories.
We will have re-enactors onsite portraying the roles of Allied prisoners of war and camp personnel. They will be demonstrating various workshops to show how everyday items were utilised in escapes. Witness these POW's attempt their daring escape through a replica 80ft tunnel as they look to evade the guards. Join us for an interactive and educational weekend!”
There will also be several original artefacts on display, authors who have covered the historic event will be present, and dozens of re-enactors will be dotted all over the camp to provide a fully immersive and educational weekend for all the family.
Eden Camp’s Collections and Engagement Manager, Summer O’Brien was heavily involved in organising the museum’s involvement:
“Eden Camp are incredibly honoured and excited to host such an interactive event, that not only brings history to life but, helps to commemorate all those involved in the Great Escape that have not been recognised until now.
The event will showcase the different stages of the escape, as well as all the hard and painstaking work it took all involved to achieve this feat. It is truly not to be missed this February half term!”
The event will take place on 17th and 18th February during normal opening times of 10am-5pm, and it is included in standard admission for the museum. For more details and timings, please visit www.edencamp.co.uk/whatson
For Eden Camp Modern History Museum, 2024 promises to be a bigger and better year than ever before with several projects on the go over the winter, including the vital restoration of the original POW huts, part funded by the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund and the support from North Yorkshire Council.
Alongside the Great Escape Project, Eden Camp hopes to entice visitors back again through special events marking 80th anniversaries of key milestones from WW2, as well as supporting The National Archives Great Escapes Exhibition in London from February until July.
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