The Great Escape (Part 2)

Finding their getaway vehicle gone and aware that the discovery of their disappearance was probably imminent, the fugitives divided themselves, with Goldreich and Wolpe heading for Whites only Hillbrow, while Moola and Jassat made their way towards the Indian township of Ferreirasdorp. Each of the escapees had the same goal of reaching the relative safety of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP).

After some time, Goldreich and Wolpe had the good fortune of crossing paths with a friend and political sympathiser Barney Simon, who is today better remembered for his career as a writer, playwright and founding director of Johannesburg’s multi-racial Market Theatre. From Simon’s house the pair were able to contact their designated driver, Mannie Brown, who moved them to the first of a series of hideouts over the next eight days, while the second stage of their escape was planned.