The concentration camp at Bethuliewas one of the largest camps established by the British during the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. Of the 1,737 people who died at the camp, 1,311 were under 15 years, and 426 were over 15 years. The women and children died of diseases like measles, enteric fever, pneumonia, inflammation of the lungs, bronchitis, and typhoid, as well as convulsions, childbirth, and gangrene.
The Memorial at the Women’s Memorial, Bloemfontein
The Memorial at the Women’s Memorial, Bloemfontein
The graveyard of the Bethulie Concentration CampThe graveyard of the Bethulie Concentration CampThe Wall of Remembrance, Bethulie Concentration Camp Graveyard‘In memory of our beloved wife & mother, E G Hugo’, 36 years old‘In memory of my wife (32 years old), my brother (38 years old), my son (1 year old)’Set into the wall, Bethulie Concentration Camp
Gravestones from the original cemetery are set into walls in a locked enclosure.
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