Episode 238: The Great Papago Escape, Part 1: The Tunnel

Entrance to the tunnel dug by German POWs held at the Papago Park.

Starting in 1943, 3,000 German prisoners of war, mostly naval men, would be held in a POW camp at Papago Park. In 1944, 28 of those deemed to be troublemakers discovered a blindspot in their compound and set upon an audacious plan to break out and make a run for Mexico.