During the Anglo-Boer War, the conflict between the British and the Boers spilled over from the battlefield to the farmsteads of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The internment of women and children in concentration camps was part of a total war waged by the British Empire not only against the republican forces, but also civilians. Perilous conditions and overcrowding in many camps led to thousands of deaths and untold suffering. The trauma this caused unleashed intense emotions am...

In die Anglo-Boereoorlog is die stryd nie net op die slagveld nie, maar ook tot op plaashuise se stoepe gevoer. Die aanhouding van vroue en kinders in konsentrasiekampe was deel van 'n totale of volskaalse oorlog wat die Britse Ryk teen stryders én burgerlikes van die twee Boererepublieke geloods het. Die haglike omstandighede en oorbevolking in die meeste kampe het tot duisende sterftes en onmeetbare lyding gelei. Die trauma van hierdie oorlog het verterende emosies onder Afrikaners losge...