Baruch Hirson [SEP] date of death
Baruch Hirson
Baruch Hirson (10 December 1921 – 3 October 1999) was a South African political activist, academic, author and historian, who was jailed for nine years in apartheid-era South Africa before moving to England in 1973. He was co-founder of the critical journal "Searchlight South Africa", and in 1991 a critic of what he referred to as Stalinist methods used by the African National Congress (ANC).
Life.
Baruch Hirson was born to a lower-middle class Jewish family
One of the intending escapees, Denis Goldberg, communicated with comrades in the ANC through coded letters sent to Baruch Hirson in London. Hirson then communicated with Joe Slovo in Mozambique, a date for the escape was set and an escape vehicle arranged.
As the plan evolved it became clear that for the escape to be successful it would have to be restricted to three people, who would have to hide in a small closet at one point. The escape preparations brought some differences of opinion amongst the political prisoners, but they