Witness History Episodes Available now
The story of George Stinney Jr
How a 14-year-old boy became the youngest person executed in the USA in the 20th century
The woman who negotiated peace with a rebel group
The female negotiator who agreed a deal with Muslim rebels in the Philippines.
Storming the Stasi HQ
After the fall of the Berlin Wall East German citizens stormed the secret police HQ
Britain's National Trust
How some of the great stately homes of Britain were saved from demolition and decay
The battle for Fallujah
A US Marine's account of the massive operation against Iraqi insurgents in 2004
The Computers for Schools revolution
In 2009, Uruguay became the first country to give every schoolchild a laptop computer.
The murder of environmentalist Chico Mendes
The killing of the man who'd become a powerful symbol of the fight to save the Amazon
The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
In January 1990 over 100 000 Hindus fled the Kashmir valley
German atrocities in Poland during WW2
The memories of a survivor of Nazi atrocities in the final months of the war in Europe
East Germany's punks
How the communist secret police, the Stasi, tried to crush a youth subculture.
