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Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti- apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial.
May 7, 2019 · Bram Fischer was sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1966. At his trial, he invoked his Afrikaner pedigree as a driving force for his opposition to apartheid. Fischer told the...
Abram "Bram" Fischer. Synopsis: Lawyer and Chairman of the SACP. First Name: Abram "Bram" Last Name: Fischer. Date of Birth: 23-April-1908. Location of Birth: Orange Free State, South Africa. Date of Death: 08 May 1975. Location of Death: Bloemfontein,Orange Free State, South Africa. Gender: Male.
April 23, 2008 – Abraham “Bram” Fischer, who was born on April 23, 1908 into the Afrikaner establishment, is remembered, 100 years later, as a hero in the struggle against apartheid.
Bram Fischer’s Legacy. Nelson Mandela’s leadership steered South Africa to the end of apartheid rule. But the remarkable rapprochement between the races can be traced to Mandela’s friendship with an Afrikaner Nationalist who helped save the country. By Sir Nicholas Stadlen. Bram Fischer, Johannesburg, circa 1963.
May 14, 2020 · Bram Fischer was born in 1908 in South Africa to an eminent Afrikaner nationalist family. Like his father and grandfather before him, Bram became a lawyer and seemed destined for eminence as a future Prime Minister or Chief Justice. His path, however, took a different turn.
The lawyer Bram Fischer fought against South Africa’s policy of apartheid, or racial discrimination. He was imprisoned after helping to save Nelson Mandela and other black leaders from execution. Fischer was also a leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP).
Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent with partial Anglo-African ancestry from his paternal grandmother, notable for anti- apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial.
Feb 14, 2013 · Bram Fischer once said that it was everyone's duty to stand our ground and to oppose the South African government's "monstrous policy of apartheid" with every means in our power. Well, the human rights defenders of Africa are standing firm and staring down monsters — just as Bram Fischer did.
Jul 16, 2018 · In 1998 Stephen Clingman’s award-winning Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary was published. A documentary Love, Communism, Revolution and Rivonia: Bram Fischer’s Story was widely acclaimed.
