And while captured soldiers would not likely attempt to escape in the middle of the Atlantic, Franz Von Werra was not a typical inmate. California pot industry gets worst possible tax news Stephen ...

Probably its most famous inmate was Franz von Werra, described in the book and the film "The One that Got Away" as the only German to be captured in this country who made it back to Germany.

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.