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Bloemfontein
concentration camp 26 000 Boer women and
children died
The
Nasionale Vrouemonument (National
Women's Monument) commemorate the death of 26,000 Boer women and children
who died in the Bloemfontein concentration camp during the Anglo-Boer War. This
obelisk of 34 meters, with is surrounding "whisper wall", bring to mind the
suffering of those women and children who died of illness and hunger in the
British concentration camps. That courageous spokeswoman for these poor
captives,
Emily Hobhouse's ashes are also buried
here. Other national hero's General Christiaan de Wet, President and Mrs. M.T.
Steyn and J.D. Kestell were also buried at the foot of the memorial monument
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