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Colditz rewatch: 1x08, "Traitor"
The episode begins with Simon and Phil Carrington, along with two Polish officers, attempting an escape. Carrington is caught by Ulmann, who was lying in wait for the escapees and clearly knew exactly where to wait. This is, it turns out, the fourth escape attempt Ulmann has foiled like that, and there've been some disturbingly accurate raids. Colonel Preston suspects an informer and gets the senior officers of the other nationalities to investigate their men; he assigns Pat and Simon to question the British contingent, which they do with the help of the (British) Catholic padre.
The Polish SO tells Preston he's discovered the traitor among the Poles and will hold a court-martial; Simon testifies and Pat attends as an observer. Soltizyk, the informer, is sentenced to hang despite the mitigating factor that his wife and child are being held by the Gestapo under threat of torture. When the Polish SO refuses Preston's request to spare Soltizyk the death penalty, Preston asks the padre to approach him, and learns that the padre had heard Soltizyk's confession and knew he was an informer.
When the padre's intervention also fails, Preston has the British contingent create a diversion so that he can be taken to the Kommandant "under arrest" and let him know what's happening. Meanwhile, the padre comforts Soltizyk and stays with him. As the German guards approach, the padre forcibly prevents the Polish officers from hanging Soltizyk, even hitting one of them with his crucifix.
The Kommandant says he'll send Soltizyk to a hospital, and he orders four British officers and Colonel Preston to be sent to solitary confinement for seven days as "punishment" to camouflage what Preston did.
The Polish SO tells Preston he's discovered the traitor among the Poles and will hold a court-martial; Simon testifies and Pat attends as an observer. Soltizyk, the informer, is sentenced to hang despite the mitigating factor that his wife and child are being held by the Gestapo under threat of torture. When the Polish SO refuses Preston's request to spare Soltizyk the death penalty, Preston asks the padre to approach him, and learns that the padre had heard Soltizyk's confession and knew he was an informer.
When the padre's intervention also fails, Preston has the British contingent create a diversion so that he can be taken to the Kommandant "under arrest" and let him know what's happening. Meanwhile, the padre comforts Soltizyk and stays with him. As the German guards approach, the padre forcibly prevents the Polish officers from hanging Soltizyk, even hitting one of them with his crucifix.
The Kommandant says he'll send Soltizyk to a hospital, and he orders four British officers and Colonel Preston to be sent to solitary confinement for seven days as "punishment" to camouflage what Preston did.