Initially they were held in Grini concentration camp. This was the same camp where, in January 1943, the Germans executed five commando survivors of Operation Freshman. However, Godwin and his comrades were not executed at Grini, but instead sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where contrary to the Geneva Convention, they were forced to march 30 miles a day on cobbles testing army boots.
Initially, Godwin and his companions were imprisoned in Grini concentration camp. It was the same facility where, in January 1943, the Germans killed five commando survivors of Operation Freshman. Instead, Godwin and his group were not executed at Grini but sent to Sachsenhausen, where they were subjected to inhumane treatment, including being forced to march 30 miles a day on cobblestones as part of a military boot-testing regimen.