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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, was stolen from the national gallery in Oslo, Norway. We hear from the man who helped to recover it.
Our expert guest is historian and author, Susan Ronald, who explores the history of art heists in the 20th century.
Plus, a first hand account from Kampala terror attacks in 2010 and the mystery of St Teresa of Avila's severed hand.
Finally, we hear about the last World War II soldier to surrender. Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.
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(Photo: The Scream. Credit: Getty Images)
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Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes from the BBC World Service.
It's 30 years since Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, was stolen from the national gallery in Oslo, Norway. We hear from the man who helped to recover it.
Our expert guest is historian and author, Susan Ronald, who explores the history of art heists in the 20th century.
Plus, a first hand account from Kampala terror attacks in 2010 and the mystery of St Teresa of Avila's severed hand.
Finally, we hear about the last World War II soldier to surrender. Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who spent nearly 30 years in the Philippine jungle, believing World War Two was still going on.
Contributors:
(Photo: The Scream. Credit: Getty Images)
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