Witness History
Witness History
BBC World Service
The Murder of Brazil's Leading Journalist
9 minutes Posted Oct 30, 2017 at 1:58 am.
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In October 1975 the prominent Brazilian journalist Vladimir Herzog was killed by the secret police. His murder became a symbol of the brutality of the military regime. Mike Lanchin speaks to his son, Ivo, who was just nine years old at the time.

Photo: Vladimir Herzog with Ivo as a baby (courtesy of the Herzog family).