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World Service,3 mins

Kidnaps and censorship

The Inquiry

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Historian Hanno Balz explains how the kidnap of German politician Peter Lorenz led to a media blackout. (Photo: Peter Lorenz’s wife and sons are driven to see him in hospital after his release, 5th March 1970. Credit: Getty Images)

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