Norway's teacher resistance and Ireland's deadly nightclub fire
How Norwegian teachers resisted peddling Nazi propaganda during the German occupation of the Second World War and the Stardust nightclub fire in Dublin in 1981.
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
We hear how Norwegian teachers resisted peddling Nazi propaganda during the German occupation of the Second World War and our guest, Dr Rachel Pistol, talks us through other examples of resistance around Europe.
Plus, the Stardust nightclub fire in Dublin in 1981, the Iranian engineer who connected homes to the internet using cable TV and the birth of India's call centre industry.
Finally, this week's Sporting Witness - the most successful Paralympian and the discovery of the 'holy grail' of shipwrecks.
Contributors:
Mr Roll Hansen - Norwegian teacher.
Dr Rachel Pistol - a historian specialising in the Second World War, from the University of Southampton.
Antoinette Keegan - survivor of the Stardust nightclub fire.
Rouzbeh Yassini - father of the cable modem.
Pramod Bhasin - businessman who set up India’s first call centre.
Trischa Zorn-Hudson - the most successful Paralympian.
Juan Manuel Santos - former President of Colombia.
(Photo: German troops marching through Oslo in occupied Norway during World War Two in 1940. Credit: European / FPG / Getty Images)
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