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Before joining the regular Hogan's Heroes cast as Major Hochstetter, Howard Caine appeared in a handful of similarly villainous roles. In this episode, Caine is cast as Col. Feldkamp, who wants to convert Stalag 13 into Gestapo headquarters. Meanwhile, pompous General Von Kattenhorn (Jacques Aubuchon) intends to turn the camp into a rest home for German officers. Hogan cooks up a scheme to play the two officers against each other, the better to discredit -- and eliminate -- both men. Janine Gray appears as underground activist Greta. First telecast on October 14, 1966, "The Battle of Stalag 13" was written by Richard M. Powell, who indulges in his usual predilection for killing off supporting characters in a humorous fashion.