Thank you, yokes. The U-boat ace 'Silent' Otto Kretschmer was imprisoned here. He led a revolt while held here and tried to escape via tunnel as well.
http://www.uboat.net/articles/47.html I was literally reading about him last night. What an interesting and well timed thread
Here's another link to one of the few battles fought on Canadian soil during WW2. U-boat captains and crewmen were generally not hard core Nazis but we're mistaken as such by the allies because they were elite units and fiercely loyal to each other. Most fought with honor and spared victims when possible as was the case with Otto.
I'd say these POWs got a bum rapp. Silent Otto wasn't released until 1947, long after the war ended. He committed not war crimes during his service to Germany.
https://oshawarem...le-of-bowmanville/ Horst Elfe was the other U-boat commander responsible for the revolt. Here's the interaction report for his boat's survivors.
http://www.uboatar.../U-93A/U-93INT.htmMore about U-93 and her commander:
http://ww2images.b...m-of-u-93.html?m=1