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Horst Kleinschmidt interview transcript

Theme: Black Man, You're On Your Own


Call Number: A11.08.1
Identifier: AL2460_A11.08.1
Title: Horst Kleinschmidt interview transcript
Date: 03 June 1986
Subject: Non-racialism;
Julie Frederikse;
Horst Kleinschmidt;
The Unbreakable Thread;
Christian Institute;
National Union of Southern African Students (NUSAS)
Description: This is a transcript of an interview with Horst Kleinschmidt conducted by Julie Frederikse for her book 'The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa', published by Ravan Press, 1990. Horst Kleinschmidt was detained for three months in 1975 as a result of Breyten Breytenbach's experiment in underground work, and left South Africa upon his release. He went to Holland, where he opened a Christian Institute office, then moved to London and joined the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF), where he is now director. In mid-I990 he returned to South Africa for consultations on the repatriation of exiles. Born: 1945 in Swakopmund, Namibia. Interviewed: 1986 in London. Included in the SAHA online repository 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa today'
Creator: Interviewer: Julie Frederikse; Interviewee: Horst Kleinschmidt
Type: Transcript
Format: Access copy - PDF
Preservation copy - Tiff
Source: SAHA Collection AL2460
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa`
Rights: Julie Frederikse
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