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Harry Heinz Schwarz (13 May 1924 – 5 February 2010) was a South African lawyer, statesman and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid, who eventually served as the South African ambassador to the United States during the country’s transition to representative democracy.
Schwarz rose from the childhood poverty he experienced as a German Jewish refugee to become a lawyer and a member of the Transvaal Provincial Council, where from 1963 to 1974, he was Leader of the Opposition. In the 1964 Rivonia Trial he was a defence lawyer. Advocating a more aggressive political opposition to the National Party's racial policies in the 1960s and 1970s, as Leader of the United Party in Transvaal and leader of the liberal "Young Turks", he clashed with the United Party establishment. He championed the cause of non-violent resistance to apartheid and in 1974 signed the Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith with Mangosuthu Buthelezi for a non-racial democratic society in South Africa. He was in the opposition for over 40 years and was a founding member of the Democratic Party. During and after South Africa's abandonment of apartheid, he was South African ambassador to the United States and was also the first South African ambassador to Barbados.
Ambassador Harry Schwarz heralds end of apartheid with Mandela inauguration
Harry Schwarz - Schmerz
Harry Schwarz - Leer
Harry Schwarz - Blind
Harry Schwarz - Mein Herz Schlägt Schnell
Harry Schwarz - Schmerz.wmv
Harry Schwarz - Herr Mannelig
Harry Schwarz - Treibgut (Techno Mix 2013)
Harry Schwarz - Blind (Gegen Kindesmissbrauch)
Harry Schwarz - Schmerz live Geburtstagsparty
Sleeping Sun (Nightwish Cover) - Kiki ft. Harry Schwarz
Harry Schwarz - Der Lauf
Harry Schwarz-Schmerz (LevanaVanMidian)
Ambassador Harry Schwarz warns 'poverty corrodes freedom'