A human being died that night
About this book
"Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned apartheid death squads, is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, who grew up in a black township in South Africa served as a psychologist on that country's great national experiment in healing, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
As this book opens, in an act of inescapable, multilayered symbolism and extraordinary psychological courage, Gobodo-Madikizela enters Pretoria's maximum security prison to meet the man called "Prime Evil." What follows is a journey into what it means to be human.".
"Gobodo-Madikizela's journey with de Kock, during which she allows us to witness the extraordinary awakening of his remorse, brings us to one of the great questions of our time: What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?"--BOOK JACKET.
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- OL Work ID
- OL5957843W
Subjects
Human rightsReconciliationPoliceTorturePolitical aspects of ReconciliationPolitical persecutionPolitical violenceBiographyDeath squadsPolice, biographyHuman rights, south africaPolitical aspectsPolice, africaDe kock, eugenePolice--south africa--biographyReconciliation--political aspectsReconciliation--political aspects--south africaDeath squads--south africa