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- Birth nameDenis Theodore Goldberg
- Denis Goldberg was born on April 11, 1933 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. He was married to Esme Bodenstein. He died on April 29, 2020 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
- SpouseEsme Bodenstein(April 9, 1954 - February 2000) (her death, 2 children)
- He was an anti-apartheid activist who was tried along with Nelson Mandela and six other men in the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial, and spent 22 years in prison. He joined the African National Congress' (ANC) armed wing to protest the apartheid regime. He and the others were arrested at a secret meeting. He was convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment. Being white, he was not sent to the notorious Robben Island prison along with black political prisoners like Mandela. Instead, he was held in Pretoria, most of the time in solitary confinement. He was released in 1985 after agreeing not to take part in political violence. He continued his work against apartheid from exile in London.
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