Saturday, May 28, 2011

Arthur Goldreich, a Leader of the Armed Fight to End Apartheid, Dies at 82 - NYTimes.com

Arthur Goldreich, a Leader of the Armed Fight to End Apartheid, Dies at 82 - NYTimes.com: Arthur Goldreich, who helped lead the armed struggle against apartheid in South Africa and once posed as the operator of a farm where Nelson Mandela, masquerading as his houseboy, plotted revolt, died on Tuesday in Tel Aviv. He was 82.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation announced his death.
As opposition to apartheid shifted toward violence in the early 1960s, beginning with sabotage and progressing to guerrilla war, Mr. Goldreich became a leading planner. He traveled to China, the Soviet Union and East Germany seeking military aid and information on making weapons. He wrote a detailed plan for the overthrow of the South African state and a disciplinary code for guerrillas. He identified possible industrial targets for sabotage.