Mandela’s views changed, he said, in part by seeing people such as Mr. Kathrada risk jail time or worse for acts of civil disobedience. Mr. Kathrada leads President Barack Obama on a tour of Robben Island, a former prison, in 2013. Unlike on the mainland, he said, “no policeman could come to Robben Island and start shooting at us. Mr. Kathrada said he experienced a turning point of sorts when he visited the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1951. A statement from Zuma’s office described Mr. Kathrada as a “stalwart of the liberation struggle for a free and democratic South Africa.”

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2017 23:14 UTC