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Tunnel back in time: Revealed after 67 years, the passage used in Great Escape-By ANDREW LEVY Unearthed: The entrance to the original ‘Harry’ tunnel, which lay untouched for almost seven decades Source:DailyMail UK Untouched for almost seven decades, the tunnel used in the Great Escape has finally been unearthed. The 111-yard passage nicknamed ‘Harry’ by Allied prisoners was sealed by the Germans after the audacious break-out from the PoW camp Stalag Luft III in western Poland. Despite huge interest in the subject, encouraged by the film starring Steve McQueen, the tunnel remained undisturbed over the decades because it was behind the Iron Curtain and the Soviet authorities had no interest in its significance. But at last British archaeologists have excavated it, and discovered its remarkable secrets. Many of the bed boards which had  been joined together to stop it collapsing were still in position. And the ventilation shaft, ingeniously crafted ...