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Why were concentration camps established in the Anglo Boer war?
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After their initial defeats the Boers fought a guerrilla war against Britain. In order to deprive the guerrillas of support and shelter, large areas were 'cleared' of civilians and put in concentration camps, and their homes were burnt down.
The camps were in most cases very badly run and there was much hatred and malice. After all, a small guerrilla force was making Britain a complete laughing stock ...
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How did Emily Hobhouse improve the conditions in the Boer War concentration camps?
she exposed the conditions and very high death rates and that led to a public outcry in Britain ( Justin Bieber is the best ) never say never
What happened in South Africa from 1899 to 1902?
South Africa became a Union
What led to the genocide in Africa?
There has been 2 instances of genocide in South Africa in 1898-1904 and currently.Both times the victims were the Boer people.In the Boer war 1898 Boer people were killed in concentration camps by the English (It is refered to as a Holocaust).In modern day the Boer people are again on the Genocide watch list, as thousands of white farmers are being killed and tortured by black South African's, the main motive is racial hatred.
What was the war between the British and Dutch in South Africa called?
Simply for it's resources and land (prime sea front view)
Where was the third south African war the boer war?
There was a first and a second Boer War. The Third Boer War is still to come.
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.
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.
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.
What are the six concentration camps that were used?
The first Nazi concentration camps were greatly expanded in Germany after the Reichstag fire in 1933, and were intended to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime. They grew rapidly through the 1930s as political opponents and many other groups of people were incarcerated without trial or judicial process. The term was borrowed from the British concentration camps of the Second Anglo-Boer War. Holocaust scholars draw a distinction between concentration camps (described in this article) and extermination camps (described in a separate article), which were camps established for the sole purpose of carrying out the extermination of the Jews of Europe-the Final Solution, Poles - the Lebensraum, Gypsies and other nations. Extermination camps included Belzec, Majdanek, Sobibor, Treblinka, and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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.
Why did Afrikaner hate English?
Because in the Boer war the English killed over 28000 Boer women and children in concentration camps, while trying to steal the Boer land after gold and diamonds was discovered there.
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.
What was the date of the beginning of the concentration camps?
Concentration camps were first used by the British, yes, the British, against the Boer population of South Africa at the end of the 19th century. I think Dachau, near Munich, Germany dates from 1934.
What types of camps were there in Germany?
It's common to draw a distinction between 'ordinary' concentration camps like Dachau and Buchenwald, and extermination camps. The latter existed only for the purpose of killing. They are:Auschwitz II (Birkenau section)BelzecChelmnoMajdanek (part only)SobiborTreblinka IIIn addition, there were transit camps and various 'specialized' camps.
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'.
