Bram Fischer

Abram Louis Fischer, commonly known as Bram Fischer, (1908-1975) was a South African lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defense of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial.

He came from a prominent Afrikaner family; his father was Percy Fischer , a Judge President of the Orange Free State, and his grandfather was Abraham Fischer, a prime minister of the Orange River Colony and later a member of the cabinet of the unified South Africa.

Fischer joined the South African Communist Party in the 1930s.

External links

• SACP bio of Bram Fischer, with picture
• Bram Fischer's "A Message from Underground"