Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A2535
Title
Abram Fischer Papers
Date(s)
- 1943 - 1962 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 box
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Abram ("Bram") Fischer was a leading Afrikaner advocate, defence lawyer in the 1956 Treason trial and the 1964 Rivonia trial, a member of the South African Communist Party and the Congress of Democrats.
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Scope and content
The collection contains mainly notes for legal representations and court records of cases relating to the Suppression of Communism Act (1950); Joe Slovo; Walter Sisulu and various Acts.
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Note
Alternate title: Fischer, Abram