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The Bethnal Green tube disaster

The Bethnal Green tube disaster

FromWitness History: World War Two


The Bethnal Green tube disaster

FromWitness History: World War Two

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Mar 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It's 70 years since 173 people were crushed to death at an air-raid shelter in east London during World War II. They were killed as they sought refuge in an underground train station. Sixty-two children were among the dead. We hear from one of the children who survived.

Photo: Londoners sheltering from an air-raid in an underground train station, during World War II (Getty Images).
Released:
Mar 1, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust.