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Call for a General Strike on the 15th of August 1946, issued by the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Union Strike Committee, in support of the Mine Workers strike, which had started on the 12 August 1946

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Part of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers

Newspaper clip of a comment by Alex Hepple (M.P.C.) Acting General Secretary of the S.A. Labour Party

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Part of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers

Newspaper clips

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Part of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers

Amongst others from the 'Springbok' announcing Hilda Watts as the first Communist to enter the Council after Municipal Elections, dated 2 November 1944; from Inkululeko with the headline 'Hilda Watts fights segregation', 19 December 1944; from The Guardian reporting about the defeat of a home brewing motion of 'kaffir beer' for a trial period, 3 May 1945 (see flat folio for oversize Newspaper clips).

The 1956 Treason Trial

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Part of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers

Documents relating to the 1956 Treason Trial, including: Single page issued by the 'Stand by our Leaders Committee' granting L.Bernstein all assistance as one of the Treason Trial accused, March 1957; Bail sheet for 'Farid Adams & 94 others', in the Supreme Court of South Africa, Johannesburg, 30 January 1958; Copy of memorandum to all police officers issued by the Special Criminal Court, informing them that L.Bernstein is an accused in the High Treason Trial and has to be assisted to ensure his timely arrival at Court.

Items relating to detention

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Part of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers

Prisoner's Property Receipt, dated 8 April 1960; Permissions for Hilda Bernstein to visit Rusty Bernstein in the Pretoria Central Prison, issued by the Johannesburg Magistrate on the 29 June 1960 and the Security Branch of the South African Police on the 30 June 1960; copy of Certificate of Release for L.Bernstein, issue on the 28 July 1960.