Witness History: Archive 2011 - The Death of Dag Hammarskjold

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The Secretary General of the UN was killed in a plane crash 50 years ago.

He was on his way to Congo, in an attempt to prevent war.

Two people who knew him well remember the man.

Photo: Associated Press

Published on Monday, 19th September 2011.

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