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House Bernstein
Observatory, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Date:n.d.
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant
Street:154 Regent Street

 


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Coordinates:
26°10'43.10" S 28°04'25.96" E Alt: 1744m

Transcription of Blue Plaque:

BERNSTEIN HOME
1948-1964

Lionel (Rusty) and Hilda Bernstein were
members of the South African Communist
Party who played a decisive part in the liberation
struggle. Detentions, bannings and house arrest
restricted all communication, employment and
movement. They had a leading role in the
Congress of the People in 1955. Rusty’s words
became the Charter’s rallying call “South
Africa belongs to all who live in it, Black
and White”