FISCHER, Bram

Bram Fischer was born in 1908 on a farm near Bloemfontein. He came from a well known legal family. His father, Peter Ulrich Fischer was Judge President of the Free State and his grandfather Abram Fischer had been a cabinet minister in the Union of South Africa. Bram went to Grey College and then ...

Bram Fischer was born in 1908 on a farm near Bloemfontein. He came from a well known legal family. His father, Peter Ulrich Fischer was Judge President of the Free State and his grandfather Abram Fischer had been a Cabinet Minister in the Union of South Africa. Bram went to Grey College and then ...

... Angola that left hundreds of guerrillas and civilians dead. The final segment re-screens a profile of Communist Party member and lawyer, Bram Fischer including his daughters? testimonies on their father?s ill treatment in ...

... highlighting the racist manner in which the death penalty had been imposed. The following segment profiles Communist Party member and lawyer, Bram Fischer and includes his daughters? testimony on their father?s treatment in prison. In the final segment, a survivor and relative of a detainee who ...

Remember Bram Fischer [repeat]

Bram Fischer, prisons and health

Traitor to some, hero to most; Bram Fischer was one of the first Afrikaners who turned his back on Afrikaner nationalism and joined the fight for freedom and democracy. He paid a very heavy price for this. This week his daughters talked about their father’s experiences in prison. Let’s find out ...

... admit that some of the leaders of the Communist Party had played an exceptional role in the liberation of South Africa. One such a leader was Bram Fischer. A book on his life had just been published and we thought it appropriate to rebroadcast this profile we prepared in ...

Thereafter, he was diagnosed with secondary cancer. The authorities then relented and placed him under his brother’s custody. Bram Fischer died in May 1975.

... the last three decades in the Old Fort in Johannesburg this past week. We also bring you a profile on a rather forgotten hero of the 1960s, Bram Fischer. It is often been said that one can judge a civilization by the way it treats its prisoners. South Africa has always had a large number of ...

Thereafter, he was diagnosed with secondary cancer. The authorities then relented and placed him under his brother’s custody. Bram Fischer died in May 1975.

... rights violations in our prisons the last few decades and a profile on a veteran of struggle that many of our young people do not know about, Bram Fischer. So please join us again next Sunday. Good night. ...

After the short break: necklacings, the story of Sophiatown, we remember Bram Fischer and the bloodbath at Cassinga.