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Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing

Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing

FromThe History Hour


Unearthing World War II mass graves and the Boston bombing

FromThe History Hour

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Apr 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Max Pearson presents a collection of this week's Witness History and Sporting Witness episodes from the BBC World Service.

We hear about the unearthing of a mass grave in Sernyky, Ukraine, in 1990, and when the Boston Marathon was the target of a terror attack in 2013.

This programme contains distressing details.

Contributors:
James Bulgin - head of public history at the Imperial War Museum in Britain.
Richard Wright - archaeologist.
Jonathan Dimbleby - broadcaster.
Edward Deveau - Watertown Chief of Police.
Charles Barnett - managing director of Aintree Racecourse.
Gary Anderson - designer.

(Photo: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe. Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Apr 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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