11 February 1990
Source:
BG D81/610
After 27 years of imprisonment Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster prison on 11 February 1990. The event was broadcast all over the world.
The IISH holds a vast collection on South Africa and solidarity movements all over the world.
A web dossier 'Nelson Mandela and the Netherlands' presents a photo gallery, personal recollections of Mandela by Dutch anti-apartheid activists, records of his visits to the Netherlands, and much more.
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