Bram Fischer

Advocate, Deceased Person

1908 – 1975

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Who was Bram Fischer?

Abram Louis Fischer, commonly known as Bram Fischer, was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial. Following the trial he was himself put on trial accused of furthering communism. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He served eleven years and was released in 1975 crippled by the disease from which he died two weeks later.

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Born
Apr 23, 1908
Bloemfontein
Also known as
  • Braam Fischer
Nationality
  • South Africa
Profession
Education
  • Grey College, Bloemfontein
  • New College, Oxford
Died
May 8, 1975

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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