Witness History Episodes Available now
The Death of Grenada's Revolution
In October 1983 Grenada's leftist prime minister was killed. Six days later the US invaded
Death of Grenada's Revolution
The day Maurice Bishop leader of Grenada was killed. Six days later the US invaded
The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US
In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.
Walter Sisulu is Released
In October 1989, anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu was freed from jail after 26 years.
The Brighton Hotel Bombing
The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984
Escape from Sobibor Death Camp
Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943
Thomas Sankara African Revolutionary
When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso
Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris
Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall
In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany
Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust
During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps
