Letter to Judge Schreiner from Bram Fischer. c.1962.

00298. R500. Letter to Judge Schreiner from Bram Fischer. c1962. Bram Fischer sent a condolence letter on the death of Judge Schreiners wife, Edna's death. Hand written in blue pen on a letterhead from Meikles Hotel. It is dates 8 March, 1962. 126 x 204mm. The page had been folded in half.

Abraham Louis Fischer was a South African Communist lawyer of Afrikaner descent, notable for anti-apartheid activism and for the legal defence of anti-apartheid figures, including Nelson Mandela, at the Rivonia Trial. Following the trial he was himself put on trial accused of furthering communism.

Oliver Deneys Schreiner   (29 December 1890 27 July 1980), was a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa. One of the most renowned South African judges, he was passed over twice for the position of  for political reasons. He was later described as "the greatest Chief Justice South Africa never had".ver had".