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The camp at Orange
River Station |
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Photo: The hospital in the
Doornbult concentration camp at Orange River Station |
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Photo: Mrs
Lubbe and her children during August 1901 in the
Doornbult concentration camp. In spite of many problems the Boer nation always
tried to upheld their cultured education. |
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According to official statistics
250 people died in the camp. No statistics
are available for the period before 1 August 1901.
This fact as well as the graves outside of the graveyard and the
fact that more than one child per grave were buried, shows that the
statistics is possibly much higher. |
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People leaving the camp with
their meagre belonging on wagons to try and start again after this
devastating war. |
