Rivonia's children
Subtitle: three families and the price of freedom in South Africa
By: Glenn Frankel
Publisher: Jonathan Ball
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Johannesburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781868420926
Subjects: Race relations; Anti-apartheid movements; History; Politics and government
Description: "Rivonia's Children is the harrowing and inspiring account of a handful of white Jewish activists who risked their lives to combat apartheid when South Africa plunged into an era of darkness in the 1960s from which it has only recently emerged. This is the story of Hilda and Rusty Bernstein, longtime Communists so committed to the cause that even the threat of life imprisonment did not stop them; of Ruth First, a fiery activist held for months without charge; and of AnnMarie Wolpe, an innocent bystander sucked into the maelstrom, who had to decide whether or not to risk her own freedom and the life of her sick infant by helping her activist husband escape from prison"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.