Louise Anne Leibowitz

Louise Leibowitz is a doctoral student in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UCL. She is currently recording the oral histories of “ordinary” South African Jewish women who lived with Apartheid. She received an MA in Politics and International Relations from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2008; her MA thesis was on “The Politics of Pressure: Jewish Liberalism and Apartheid South Africa.”

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Portrait of Ray Harmel

Ray Harmel

Ray Harmel was a powerful force in the trade union movement in Apartheid South Africa, a committed Communist, an anti-Apartheid activist, and ultimately a member of the African National Congress.

Pauline Podbrey

Pauline Podbrey was a committed Communist and anti-Apartheid activist. A Lithuanian child migrant to South Africa, she moved away from her Jewish roots and endured exile as a result of her mixed-race marriage, only to become disillusioned with Communism.

Ina Perlman

Ina Perlman was a hands-on anti-Apartheid fighter and the face of “Operation Hunger,” which saved the lives of countless Black South Africans facing death and starvation in Apartheid South Africa.

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