A human being died that night
Subtitle: a South African story of forgiveness
By: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: De Kock, Eugene; Police -- South Africa -- Biography; Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa; Death squads -- South Africa; Political violence -- South Africa; Political persecution -- South Africa; Torture -- South Africa; Human rights -- South Africa
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads, is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in South Africa served as a psychologist on that country's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

As this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "Prime Evil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human.".

"Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allows us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?"--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-176) and index.