Lionel Forman
1927 - 1959

Names: Forman Lionel
Date of Birth: 1927
Date of Death: October 1959
Place of Birth: Rosettenville
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Gender: Male




Lionel Forman

His/Her Life :
Born in 1927 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed the South African Student delegation to international conferences. He was also an editor of Advance and New Age and a co-author of 'The South African Treason Trial ' and a member of the South African Congress of Democrats, as well as a member of the Communist Party of South Africa. His indictment was quashed in 1959, and he died in October 1959.



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From Protest To Challenge, Political Profiles Volume 4, p29

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