19 June 1901: The South African concentration camps

Boer concentration camp

Boer concentration camp

Emily Hobhouse reports from inside the internment centres where Boer women and children face squalor and starvation (1901).

19 June 1901 Manchester Guardrian article by Emily Hobhouse who visited several of the white concentration camps for Boer women and children.

Manchester Guardian article

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