Witness History Episodes Available now
Dickens in America
How a visit to America in 1842 became a turning-point in the career of Charles Dickens.
Bloody Sunday
It is 40 years since 13 civil rights marchers were killed in Northern Ireland.
The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
It was the worst maritime disaster in history.
The Challenger disaster
In January 1986 a space shuttle launch went horribly wrong.
The rise of Hitler
On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
Japanese soldier in hiding
In January 1972 a Japanese soldier was found in the jungle of Guam.
Jackson Pollock
It is one hundred years since the great American abstract painter was born.
The Wannsee conference
It is 70 years since senior Nazi officials met to plan the killing of European Jews.
Roe v Wade
In January 1973 abortion was legalised across the USA.
The Warsaw ghetto
On 18 January 1943 German soldiers began a final drive to empty the Polish capital of Jews
