Bildnummer: 60799688 Datum: 01.09.1990 Copyright: imago/epd Der ehemalige sudafrikanische Prasident und Friedensnobelpreistrager Nelson Mandela ist tot (Foto von 1990 in seinem Haus in Soweto, Johannesburg (Sudafrika), nach der Entlassung aus dem Gefangnis Robben Island). Er starb im Alter von 95 Jahren an den Folgen einer Lungenentzundung, wie Sudafrikas Prasident Jacob Zuma am Donnerstagabend (05.12.13) mitteilte. Mandela wurde weltweit fur seinen Einsatz fur Frieden und Vers?hnung verehrt. Schon als junger Mann war er in der Befreiungsbewegung ANC (Afrikanischer Nationalkongress) einer der zentralen Organisatoren des Widerstands gegen die Rassentrennung und die Ausbeutung schwarzer Sudafrikaner. 1964 wurde Mandela zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. 18 Jahre seiner Gefangenschaft verbrachte er auf der beruchtigten Insel Robben Island vor Kapstadt. Dort zog er sich Tuberkulose zu, seine Lunge trug bleibende Schaden davon. Unter internationalem Druck lie? Prasident Frederik Willem de Klerk Mandela 1990 schlie?lich frei. Fur ihr Ringen um ein demokratisches Sudafrika fur Menschen aller Hautfarben erhielten beide 1993 den Friedensnobelpreis. 1994 wurde Mandela zum ersten schwarzen Prasidenten Sudafrikas gewahlt. 1999 gab er das Amt auf, 2004 zog er sich offiziell aus dem ?ffentlichen Leben zuruck. Sudafrika: Nelson Mandela ist tot People Politik premiumd x1x xkg 1990 quer Personen Politik Politiker Sudafrika

Nelson Mandela at no.10 Downing Street the day before a statue of the former South African President is revealed in Parliament Square in central London Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007. ? Christopher Pledger / eyevine

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, 94, at his home in Qunu, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2005, file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela, 87, is in a jovial mood at the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, where he met with the winner and runner-up of the local "Idols" competition. South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File), APTOPIX

(FILES) Former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel pose at their home in Qunu, South Africa, on August 6, 2012. Nelson Mandela, who was readmitted to hospital on June 8, 2013 for the second time in as many months, spent 27 years as a prisoner of apartheid before embarking on a "long walk to freedom" which saw him crowned South Africa's first black president and a Nobel peace laureate. Increasingly frail, the 94-year-old remains one of the world's most beloved figures even as his public appearances have become rare. AFP PHOTO / POOL/ Jacquelyn Martin

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Cuban president Fidel Castro (R) expresses his joy in meeting former South African president Nelson Mandela at Mandela's office in Johannesburg 02September 2001 . Castro who took part in the UN World Racism conference in Durban used the opportunity to visit Mandela , whose health is effected by cancer.

A picture released by South African broadcaster SABC shows South African peace icon Nelson Mandela sitting at his home in Johannesburg, on April 29, 2013. The 94-year-old appeared slightly gaunt and showed little expression in brief images captured. They were the first public images of Mandela since then US secretary of state Hilary Clinton visited in August. AFP PHOTO / SABC = DO NOT USE AFTER MAY 1, 2013 5.30PM GMT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

TOPSHOTS A sculpture of former South African President Nelson Mandela, is presented on August 4, 2012 in Howick, 90 kms South of Durban, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Mandela's capture by the apartheid police. The unique sculpture designed by artist Marco Cianfanelli stands 10 metres tall and is made from 50 steel columns anchored in a concrete base. Mandela, now 94, was arrested as a young liberation fighter on August 5, 1962 near the town of Howick, just months after he founded the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). A modest monument at the site of his arrest was put up in 1996, but it will now be eclipsed by the monumental sculpture made up of 50 steel rods of between five and 10 metres high symbolizing the prison. AFP PHOTO / RAJESH JANTILAL

In this handout picture received from the Nelson Mandela Foundation shows Nelson Mandela being greeted by his great grandchildren Hlongwane (2-R) and Ziyanda Manaway (R) during his 94th birthday celebrations at his home in Qunu, Eastern Cape, South Africa on July 18, 2012. South Africa's schoolchildren sang happy birthday to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela as he turned 94, joining in the global praise for the much loved statesman. Mandela, whose 1990 release from an apartheid prison put South Africa on the path to democracy and reconciliation, was expected to spend a quiet day with his family in his village home of Qunu, where he has retired from public life. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Nelson Mandela Foundation/ PETER MOREY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES - USE RESTRICTED TO SEVEN DAYS FROM JULY 18, 2012 - NO INTERNET - NO MAGAZINES

PHOTO: EAST NEWS PREZYDENT RPA NELSON MANDELA IDZIE NA KONFERENCJE PRASOWA Z BANKIEREM DAVIDEM ROCKEFELLEREM President Nelson Mandela (R) of South Africa shakes hands with David Rockefeller (L) after a press conference during which Mandela discussed his breakfast meeting with business leaders in Rockefeller Center in New York 18 September. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP US oscar winner Charlize Theron (R) cries as South Africa's former President, Nelson Mandela hugs her 11 march 2004, in Johannesburg. Charlize Theron, is the first African woman to win an Oscar.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Former South African president Nelson Mandela gives a speech during the inauguration 28 August 2002 of the Water Dome in Johannesburg, one of the exhibitions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS (FILES) A picture taken on February 11, 1990 shows Nelson Mandela (L) and his then-wife Winnie raising their fists and saluting cheering crowd after Mandela's release from the Victor Verster prison near Paarl. Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela, affectionately known by his clan name "Madiba", became commander-in-chief of Umkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation), the armed underground wing of the African National Congress, in 1961, and the following year underwent military training in Algeria and Ethiopia. After more than a year underground, Mandela was captured by police and sentenced in 1964 to life in prison during the Rivonia trial, where he delivered a speech that was to become the manifesto of the anti-apartheid movement. Mandela started his prison years in the notorious Robben Island Prison, a maximum security prison on a small island 7Km off the coast near Cape Town. In April 1984 he was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town and in December 1988 he was moved the Victor Verster Prison near Paarl. While in prison, Mandela flatly rejected offers made by his jailers for remission of sentence in exchange for accepting the bantustan policy by recognising the independence of the Transkei and agreeing to settle there. Again in the 'eighties Mandela rejected an offer of release on condition that he renounce violence. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Only free men can negotiate, he said, according to ANC reports. AFP PHOTO FILES / WALTER DHLADHLA

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Despite his gruelling schedule and positive diagnosis for prostate cancer, former South African president Nelson Mandela found the time 03 December 2001 to visit creches and pre-schools to hand out gifts to young children. Here he cuddles a baby at the ACVV creche in Bothasig, Cape Town.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh (left) meet former South African President, Nelson Mandela during a reception at Buckingham Palace, London, 20 October 2003, to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Trust, started by the 19th century entrepreneur, Cecil John Rhodes, which provides scholarships for students around the world to study at Oxford University. The former President of South Africa has entered into partnership with the Rhodes Trust, in its centenary year, to establish the Mandela Rhodes Foundation. At present, 93 scholars are selected from 24 countries each year for study at Oxford University.

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JUSTINE GERARDY "20 YEARS AFTER MANDELA'S RELEASE, SOUTH AFRICA SOCIAL DIVIDE ENDURES"A street traders stands next to a cloth decorated with a portrait of Nelson Mandela near the Mandela Family Museum, Mandela's firt house, in Orlando West, Soweto, on February 3, 2010. South Africa will mark on February 11, 2010 the 20th anniversary of Mandela's release from jail, where he spent 27 years under white-minority apartheid rule. AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Former South African president Nelson Mandela poses for photographers 26 November 2001 at his residence in Johannesburg , with a poster of a stamp showing his image . The South African post office launches a souvenir booklet of stamps, celebrating the many faces of Nelson Mandela , using photos taken by photographer Alf Kumalo .

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP President Nelson Mandela holds hands with Deputy President Frederik W. De Klerk, at South Africa's Freedom Day celebration held in Pretoria city center, 27 April 1996, to mark the second anniversary of all race elections, which ended whites-only rule. Mandela said "for the next two days we shall be witnesses to a celebration of unity in diversity, all in honor of our common loyalty to our motherland." AFP PHOTO Walter DHLADHLA

PHOTO: AFP/EAST NEWS (FILES) Photo dated July 19, 1996 shows South African then-president Nelson Mandela (L) posing with US pop star Michael Jackson at Hilton College in Kwazulu-Natal. Jackson died on June 25 after suffering a cardiac arrest, multiple US media outlets reported, sending shockwaves around the entertainment world. AFP PPHOTO/FILES

Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, and African leader Nelson Mandela gesture during the celebration of the