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Biography record

Iris Festenstein

Iris Festenstein portrait

Updated
21 Jul 2026
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Summary

A member of South African Congress of Democrats, Communist Party of South Africa and The Anti-Apartheid Movement
Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Iris Festenstein. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148583

South African History Online (2019) 'Iris Festenstein', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148583 (Accessed: 16 September 2026).

South African History Online, Iris Festenstein [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148583, (accessed 16 September 2026).

"Iris Festenstein." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148583. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Iris Festenstein." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148583.

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