Klink for the Defense - S6-E19
Visible crew/equipment: As Newkirk and Hogan enter the office, the shadow of the boom mike plays on the wall.
Visible crew/equipment: As Schultz calls for attention, the studio lighting is reflected in his monocle.
Visible crew/equipment: As Schultz drives away from the boys, the camera crew and equipment is reflected in the window.
Visible crew/equipment: As Schultz looks at the prisoners after being told of the escape, the studio lighting rig is reflected on his monocle.
Visible crew/equipment: As the man gets in the passenger side of the car after the agreement is signed, the studio lighting rig is reflected in the glass.
Visible crew/equipment: When Major Hochstetter's car arrives at Stalag 13, it drives towards the camera. The shadow of a crewman's hand raised to stop the car is visible on the ground. (00:16:40)
Answer: The core POWs regularly escaped the prison camp but they made it their mission to conduct espionage and commit sabotage in the surrounding German territory. They also collaborated with different underground resistance groups and used a network of secret tunnels to help prisoners from other POW camps to escape, who then relayed vital information back to the Allied forces. Hogan and his men maintained the illusion that Stalag 13 had never had any prisoners escape in order to avoid their covert operations being shut down. Being that the prison camp is set in Germany during WWII, there were no American embassies.
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Hogan has mentioned to different characters that they are actually stationed at Stalag 13 to help allied soldiers and prisoners from other Stalags to escape Germany.