Bram Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bram Fischer

South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

Date of Death: 08-May-1975

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Abraham Louis Fischer (23 April 1908 – 8 May 1975) 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, and diagnosed with cancer while in prison.
The South African Prisons Act was extended to include his brother's house in Bloemfontein where he died two months later.