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Hilda Bernstein


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
May 15, 1915

Died
September 08, 2006

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs


Hilda Bernstein (May 15, 1915 – September 8, 2006) was an author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights. She was born Hilda Schwarz in London and emigrated to South Africa at the age of 18 years and became active in politics. She married fellow activist Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein in March 1941, and together they played prominent roles in the struggle to end Apartheid in South Africa. After her husband was tried and acquitted in the Rivonia Trial in 1964, government harassment forced them to flee to Botswana, an ordeal described in her book The World that was Ours, which was republished by Persephone Books in 2009. They lived in Britain for some years where she further established herself internationally as a speaker ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 299 ratings · 37 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors
The World That Was Ours
4.24 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1967 — 13 editions
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Death is Part of the Process
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For their triumphs and for ...
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No. 46: Steve Biko
4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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The Rift
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994
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A Life of One's Own
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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Separation
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South Africa - the terroris...
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Nuit Noire à Pretoria
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Room 226
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