South African child imprisoned in a concentration camp (1894–1901)
Lizzie van Zyl
Lizzie van Zyl, photographed in January or February 1901
Born
Elizabeth Cecilia van Zyl
22 April 1894
Orange Free State Republic
Died
9 May 1901 (aged 7)
Bloemfontein Concentration Camp [af], Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Republic
Cause of death
Typhoid fever
Burial place
Unknown but most likely in an unmarked grave in President Brand cemetery in Bloemfontein
Nationality
South African
Elizabeth Cecilia van Zyl (Afrikaans pronunciation:[ɪˈlizabetsəˈsiljafanzɛi̯l]; 22 April 1894 – 9 May 1901)[1][2][3] was a South African child inmate of the British-operated Bloemfontein Concentration Camp [af] who died from typhoid fever during the Second Anglo-Boer War.[2][3][4]
^"Lizzie van Zyl (concentration camp child / konsentrasiekampkind)". geni.com. Geni. A MyHeritage Company. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023. Bloemfontein concentration camp (Typhoid fever, possible severe neglect)
^ ab"British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900–1902: Bloemfontein". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ abvan Heyningen, Elizabeth (8 June 2010). "A tool for modernisation? The Boer concentration camps of the South African War, 1900–1902" (PDF). South African Journal of Science. 106 (5–6). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^Godby, Michael (2010). "Confronting Horror: Emily Hobhouse and the Concentration Camp Photographs of the South African War" (PDF). Department of Historical Studies. University of Cape Town. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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