Witness
Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week we will be talking to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.
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Myanmar Currency Chaos
The crisis following the withdrawl of most circulating banknotes in ...
The crisis following the withdrawl of most circulating banknotes in Myanmar in 1987
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Surviving Auschwitz
Kitty Hart-Moxon's story of how she survived two years in ...
Kitty Hart-Moxon's story of how she survived two years in the notorious Nazi death camp
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The Story of Dr Zhivago
How Boris Pasternak's great novel Dr Zhivago came to be ...
How Boris Pasternak's great novel Dr Zhivago came to be published in the West .
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Biba
A ground-breaking new boutique opened in Swinging London in September, ...
A ground-breaking new boutique opened in Swinging London in September, 1964
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World War One in Africa
Rare recordings of African veterans of WW1 in East Africa
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The Last Outbreak of Smallpox
In the summer of 1978 a British woman became the ...
In the summer of 1978 a British woman became the last known victim of smallpox.
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LSD Road Trip
Writer Ken Kesey and friends drove across America experimenting with ...
Writer Ken Kesey and friends drove across America experimenting with LSD in summer 1964
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The Death of Getulio Vargas
In 1954 the president of Brazil chose to die rather ...
In 1954 the president of Brazil chose to die rather than submit to the military
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Freckleton Air Disaster
A US Air Force plane crashed into an English village, ...
A US Air Force plane crashed into an English village, killing 61 people in August 1944
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The Betrayal of the Kurds
In 1975, Iran and America abandon the Iraqi Kurds in ...
In 1975, Iran and America abandon the Iraqi Kurds in their fight against Saddam Hussein
