When George Bizos was just 12, he and his father helped seven New Zealand soldiers escape from Nazi-occupied Greece, setting sail with them in a tiny boat across the Mediterranean Sea, not knowing what the future held for them…
Now nearly 80, Bizos has become the world’s greatest human rights lawyer, defending thousands of ordinary people during his career, along with famous figures of freedom including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Bram Fischer and Morgan Tsvangarai.
Flow has just finished an in-depth profile of Bizos, to be published shortly in the next edition of the Wits alumni magazine, Wits Review.
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When George Bizos was just 12, he and his father helped seven New Zealand soldiers escape from Nazi-occupied Greece, setting sail with them in a tiny boat across the Mediterranean Sea, not knowing what the future held for them…