Witness History Episodes Available now
Martin Luther's 95 Theses
How German monk Martin Luther started a religious revolution
The Murder of Brazil's Leading Journalist
Journalist Vladimir Herzog was killed in detention by the secret police in October 1975.
A Literary Love Affair
How Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir met and fell in love in Paris in October 1929
The Death of Dele Giwa
An eyewitness to the assassination of the famous Nigerian journalist Dele Giwa in 1986
The Fake IDs That Saved Jewish Lives
How tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews escaped the Nazis by using false papers.
Private Eye
A new satirical magazine called Private Eye was published in London in October 1961.
Romania's Abortion Ban
Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu made abortion illegal in October 1966.
The 43 Group: Battling British Fascism
How British Jewish ex-servicemen fought fascists on the streets of Britain after WW2
The Mysterious Death of Samora Machel
The socialist leader of Mozambique was killed in a plane crash and many were suspicious.
Moscow Theatre Siege
Svetlana Gubareva recalls her ordeal when Chechen rebels seized a Moscow theatre in 2002.
