EXCLUSIVE: Unseen photos show future Tory minister who was captured by the Nazis during WWII performing in amateur shows while an inmate at 'Great Escape' camp

Peter Thomas, who died aged 87 in 2008, served as Welsh Secretary under Edward Heath between 1970 and 1974. Above left: In one of the performances at Stalag Luft III.

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