Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD1096
Site Name
Prisoners Memorial
Site Category
Monuments & Memorials
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 05:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 05:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Prisoners Memorial
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: PrisonersRecorder Name: Lunga and Pamela
Classifications
Monument Type
War Memorial
Description

The purpose of this Memorial place is to reserve the information about prisoners who were arrested at the Robben Island prison. It also has a lot of information about families of those prisoners and the overall history of the apartheid in south africa but mainly focusing on the events that occurred in Cape Town.

Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Beds are made of steel
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
Apartheid
Inscriptions
For the first time Robben Island hosted a group of ex-waders and their families and ex-political prisoners. This, to source information about the history of this site as a prisons department embarkation point to Robben Island.
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.9042, 18.421307
Western Cape
  • City of Cape Town
Directions to Site
The memorial is located in Durban CBD, on Michael Somara Street
Access details
Public
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:21.
Administration Description

Not an MM - museum installation

Duplicate of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/920180004001

merge usable data and delete this record
Action Status: Pending
Site Action: InformationUpdate

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