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Podcast: Witness: World War 2 Collection
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The Bethnal Green tube disaster

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:08:56
Publish Date: 2013-03-01 03:00:00
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).
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