Jonathan Schlapobersky
When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner
Summary
Judge Dennis Davis and John Schlapobersky engage in a fascinating conversation about Schlapobersky’s book, “When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner” (2021). They dive deep on the horror that was the apartheid police state, and the bravery of those, like John, who resisted it.
Jonathan Schlapobersky
John Schlapobersky is a training analyst, supervisor, and teacher at the Institute of Group Analysis, London, and a research fellow, Birkbeck, University of London. He is in private practice at the Bloomsbury Psychotherapy Practice, working with individuals, couples, and groups. He has trained generations of group analysts, teaches internationally, and has many publications. In 1985 he was a Founding Trustee of Freedom from Torture.
Judge Dennis Davis
Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.