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Visit to Nelson Mandela's Prison Home near Paarl, South Africa...
Groot Drakenstein Prison的点评
点评：(Actually this visit was in November 2016)
I thought I’d do a little video about something we did eight years ago in South Africa which turned out to be one of the most profound experiences I’ve ever had in my life.
We had visited Robben Island the year before, where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 out of the 27 years he was incarcerated and had heard it was also possible to visit Drakenstein Prison, from where he was eventually released on the 11th of February 1990.
The private prison house where Mandela lived has been left exactly how it was when he lived there and has since been declared a South African National Heritage Site. A statue of Mandela stands just outside the prison gates to celebrate is walk to freedom.
I knew that the prison had been open for people to visit. I tried really hard to get inside and eventually it was agreed, that I could meet the prison guard, Manfried Jacobs, who knew Mandela really well and was responsible for showing people around - speaking passionately about his experiences.
I’ve included some footage here of Beverley and I walking around the house which felt like a sanctuary - the building where he met President De Klerk to negotiate his release.
While we were talking to the guard outside the bungalow, he seemed to be getting quite emotional. I asked him:
“Do you always get like this when you’re showing people around…”
And he said we were the first people he had shown around for about nine months, so it was special for him and for us.
We also had tears in our eyes while he told us what he knew and had experienced with Nelson Mandela. He became very close to the man both during his incarceration and afterwards when he became president and a recognised World Statesman.
I thought I’d do a little video about something we did eight years ago in South Africa which turned out to be one of the most profound experiences I’ve ever had in my life.
We had visited Robben Island the year before, where Nelson Mandela was held for 18 out of the 27 years he was incarcerated and had heard it was also possible to visit Drakenstein Prison, from where he was eventually released on the 11th of February 1990.
The private prison house where Mandela lived has been left exactly how it was when he lived there and has since been declared a South African National Heritage Site. A statue of Mandela stands just outside the prison gates to celebrate is walk to freedom.
I knew that the prison had been open for people to visit. I tried really hard to get inside and eventually it was agreed, that I could meet the prison guard, Manfried Jacobs, who knew Mandela really well and was responsible for showing people around - speaking passionately about his experiences.
I’ve included some footage here of Beverley and I walking around the house which felt like a sanctuary - the building where he met President De Klerk to negotiate his release.
While we were talking to the guard outside the bungalow, he seemed to be getting quite emotional. I asked him:
“Do you always get like this when you’re showing people around…”
And he said we were the first people he had shown around for about nine months, so it was special for him and for us.
We also had tears in our eyes while he told us what he knew and had experienced with Nelson Mandela. He became very close to the man both during his incarceration and afterwards when he became president and a recognised World Statesman.
翻译：（实际上这次访问是在 2016 年 11 月）
我想做一个小视频，介绍我们八年前在南非做过的一件事，那件事后来成为我一生中最深刻的经历之一。
我们前一年参观了罗本岛，纳尔逊·曼德拉被监禁 27 年，其中 18 年被关押在这里。我们还听说可以参观德拉肯斯坦监狱，他最终于 1990 年 2 月 11 日从那里获释。
曼德拉居住的私人监狱保持了他居住时的原样，并被宣布为南非国家遗产。监狱大门外矗立着曼德拉的雕像，以庆祝他走向自由。
我知道监狱已经开放供人们参观。我拼命想进去，最后他们同意让我见见监狱看守曼弗里德·雅各布斯，他非常了解曼德拉，负责带人们参观监狱，热情地讲述他的经历。
我在这里放了一些贝弗利和我走在房子周围的镜头，这栋房子感觉像是一个避难所——他就是在这栋建筑里会见了德克勒克总统，商讨释放曼德拉的事宜。
当我们在平房外和看守交谈时，他似乎变得非常情绪化。我问他：“你带人参观时总是这样吗……”
他说我们是他九个月来带的第一批人，所以这对他和我们来说都很特别。
当他告诉我们他所知道的和与纳尔逊·曼德拉的经历时，我们也热泪盈眶。无论是在监禁期间，还是在成为总统和公认的世界政治家之后，他都与这位男人非常亲近。
我想做一个小视频，介绍我们八年前在南非做过的一件事，那件事后来成为我一生中最深刻的经历之一。
我们前一年参观了罗本岛，纳尔逊·曼德拉被监禁 27 年，其中 18 年被关押在这里。我们还听说可以参观德拉肯斯坦监狱，他最终于 1990 年 2 月 11 日从那里获释。
曼德拉居住的私人监狱保持了他居住时的原样，并被宣布为南非国家遗产。监狱大门外矗立着曼德拉的雕像，以庆祝他走向自由。
我知道监狱已经开放供人们参观。我拼命想进去，最后他们同意让我见见监狱看守曼弗里德·雅各布斯，他非常了解曼德拉，负责带人们参观监狱，热情地讲述他的经历。
我在这里放了一些贝弗利和我走在房子周围的镜头，这栋房子感觉像是一个避难所——他就是在这栋建筑里会见了德克勒克总统，商讨释放曼德拉的事宜。
当我们在平房外和看守交谈时，他似乎变得非常情绪化。我问他：“你带人参观时总是这样吗……”
他说我们是他九个月来带的第一批人，所以这对他和我们来说都很特别。
当他告诉我们他所知道的和与纳尔逊·曼德拉的经历时，我们也热泪盈眶。无论是在监禁期间，还是在成为总统和公认的世界政治家之后，他都与这位男人非常亲近。
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