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EPISODE · Mar 1, 2013 · 8 MIN

The Bethnal Green tube disaster

from Witness History: World War Two history · host BBC World Service

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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