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Women in the Boer War concentration camps?
Most of the inmates of the British concentration camps for Boers in the Boer War (1899-1902) were Afrikaner women and children. About 26,000 of the 127,000 imprisoned perished. It is a shameful chapter in British history.
Why did they create concentration camps?
Concentration camps were first used by the British during the Boer War. As their name implies, it was the most efficient way of holding the maximum number of prisoners with the smallest number of guards. For the reasons why the Nazis set up concentration camps see the related question.
Who invented concentration camp?
The term Concentration camp was first used by the British in the Boer wars. this was very different form the concentration camps used in Nazi Germany. they were not death camps but camps in which the family of Boer rebels were imprisoned so that they could not aid the rebels. However concentration camps have been used before this (only they were not called concentration camps) they were used by the Spanish in the 1860's even American soldiers used similar camps on Cherokee and other native Americans in the 1830's so this type of military tactic has been around for a long time, but the term is British. Evidently, there are no real differences, but rather there are similarities between the English and the German concentration camps.
What is the origin of the word concentration camp?
The term was first used of the camps established by the British in the Boer War in 1900-1902. Please see the link.
What year did the Germans start using the concentration camps?
The earliest ones was minor ones which was in 1938. They were used until the end of the war in 1945. The exact number is disputed from 1,200 to over 15,000.
Who created the concentration camps?
The British during the second Boer War.
Women in the Boer War concentration camps?
Most of the inmates of the British concentration camps for Boers in the Boer War (1899-1902) were Afrikaner women and children. About 26,000 of the 127,000 imprisoned perished. It is a shameful chapter in British history.
Who were the first people put in a consentrarion camp?
Concentration camps are a British invention and were first used to house Boer prisoners during the Boer War in South Africa.
Why did they create concentration camps?
Concentration camps were first used by the British during the Boer War. As their name implies, it was the most efficient way of holding the maximum number of prisoners with the smallest number of guards. For the reasons why the Nazis set up concentration camps see the related question.
Who war apart of the boer war?
The British won the Boer War against the Afrikaners (Boers) in 1902, after the Boers surrendered because at that point already more than 28000 of they're women and children died in Brittish concentration camps.
Who invented concentration camp?
The term Concentration camp was first used by the British in the Boer wars. this was very different form the concentration camps used in Nazi Germany. they were not death camps but camps in which the family of Boer rebels were imprisoned so that they could not aid the rebels. However concentration camps have been used before this (only they were not called concentration camps) they were used by the Spanish in the 1860's even American soldiers used similar camps on Cherokee and other native Americans in the 1830's so this type of military tactic has been around for a long time, but the term is British. Evidently, there are no real differences, but rather there are similarities between the English and the German concentration camps.
What were conditions like in the concentration camps in the Anglo Boer war?
Conditions deteriorated rapidly and over 20% of the prisoners died of malnutrition and/or disease.
Did people get captured in the Boer war?
Yes, many people were captured and both sides had prisons that were bad enough to be termed 'concentration camps'.
What are World War 2 words that start with c?
Concentration Camps
What is the origin of the word concentration camp?
The term was first used of the camps established by the British in the Boer War in 1900-1902. Please see the link.
What did the british use against boers in the secind boer war?
"Scorched earth" policies (burning homes and farms so that they had no food) and concentration camps.
What year did the Germans start using the concentration camps?
The earliest ones was minor ones which was in 1938. They were used until the end of the war in 1945. The exact number is disputed from 1,200 to over 15,000.
