Anton Lubowski
Anton Theodor Eberhard August Lubowski (born February 3, 1952 in Lüderitz , South West Africa , today Namibia , † September 12, 1989 in Windhoek ) was a German-Namibian lawyer and activist and Secretary General of SWAPO during the occupation of South West Africa by South Africa .
Life
education
Lubowski attended high school in Stellenbosch (South Africa) and completed his military service in the South African army before completing a degree in law ( Bachelor of Laws ) at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town ( LLB ).
Political life
Lubowski was considered one of the few white residents of South West Africa who actively campaigned for human rights and against apartheid . Since 1984 he was a member of SWAPO. After the end of the occupation, Lubowski became a historical symbol of Namibia's independence. In July 1988 he received the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights .
assassination
Lubowski was shot dead in front of his home in Windhoek on September 12, 1989, possibly by an assassin from the South African secret military unit Civil Cooperation Bureau . Although the South African secret service staged compromising material against him, the human rights activist had shown himself to be incorruptible and not susceptible to blackmail. For this he was symbolically murdered.
The alleged assassin was arrested on September 13, 1989, the day after Lubowski was murdered. The High Court of Namibia opened a murder trial in the Lubowski case on April 18, 1990. In 1996, Namibia's attorney general handed documents about the Lubowski case to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, which dealt with the investigation of the attack from April 3 to 24, 1996. In the course of these negotiations it emerged that a professional assassin instructed by SADF security groups , who had previously worked in the Rhodesian army , had killed Lubowski with an AK-47 .
Lubowski's remains were exhumed in August 2015. As part of the Namibian Heroes Remembrance Day , they were reburied on the Heldenacker on the southern edge of Windhoek. Previously, Lubowski was elevated to the rank of national hero by President Hage Geingob .
Trivia
Streets in Swakopmund and Windhoek are named after Anton Lubowski .
The murder plot and the complicated history of a politically dragged-out court case is at the center of Bernhard Jaumann's novel / audio book The Hour of the Jackal .
literature
- Bernhard Jaumann: The hour of the jackal. Rowohlt Kindler, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3463405698 .
- Gabrielle Lubowski: On solid ground. Createspace, Cape Town 2011, ISBN 978-1-4564-7529-1 .
Web links
- About Anton Lubowski, Namibiana.de
- Biography of Anton Lubowski on namibian.org (English)
- Who is Who Southern Africa - Anton Lubowski (English)
- Photo by Lubowski (South Africa History Archive)
Individual evidence
- ^ Advocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
- ^ A b Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Day 3 - 24 April 1996 . Case no: CT / 00001. on www.justice.gov.za (English)
- ^ Nelson Mandela Center of Memory / Padraig O'Malley: Consequences of Gross Violations of Human Rights. Disruptions to Family Life . on www.nelsonmandela.org (English)
- ↑ Bernhard Jaumann: The hour of the jackal, audio book CD 4, track 14 Heroes of the Nation
- ^ Bruno Kreisky Prize: 1988 Awards Ceremonies , Foundation website, accessed April 25, 2018.
- ↑ SAPA: Namibia gives TRC Lubowski file . on www.justice.gov.za (English)
- ^ TRC / SABC: Lubowski, Anton . on sabctrc.saha.org.za (English)
- ↑ Namibia celebrates one of its heroes. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 26, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lubowski, Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lubowski, Anton Theodor Eberhard August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian lawyer, freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luderitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1989 |
| Place of death | Windhoek |