Concentration Camp Conference

22-24 September 2010

AIM:

To commemorate the Concentration Camp system that was initiated during the Anglo-Boer War in 1900 (110-years ago) and to identify different role players in the conserving and maintaining of Concentration Camp sites and cemeteries.

THEMES:

22 September 2010: This day is about the history of the camps and the suffering of their inhabitants. On this day a Bethulie Concentration Camp Memorial will also be unveiled.

23 September 2010: This day is about the conservation and maintenance of the Concentration Camp sites and cemeteries in South Africa at present and the initiating of a plan of action whereby different institutions can participate in conserving this important heritage.

24 September 2010: Commemorative service and wreath laying.

SPEAKERS:

22 September 2010: Well known historians knowledgeable on this particular subject such as Prof. Fransjohan Pretorius (UP)and Dr. Elizabeth van Heyningen (UCT).

23 September 2010: Representatives from Heritage Institutions such as the Heritage Foundation and SAHRA.

PLACE:

Auditorium of the War Museum (near the Women’s Memorial), Monument Road, Bloemfontein

COSTS:

Day programme 22 September 2010:
R200.00 pp

Evening programme 22 September 2010:
R100.00 pp (Optional)

Day programme 23 September 2010:
R200.00 pp

Evening programme 23 September 2010:
R200.00 pp (Optional)

Total conference fee for 22 & 23 September 2010
(evening programmes excluded):
R350.00

* Download the entire Conference Programme and Entry Form here:
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» Entry Form
» 22 September Programme
» 23 September Programme

OR contact the coordinator VICKY HEUNIS before 8 SEPTEMBER 2010:

Tel:  (051) 447-3447 or 447-0079
Fax:  (051) 447-1322
Email:  vicky@anglo-boer.co.za
Post:  PO Box 34061, Faunasig, 9325

Visit www.mangaung.co.za for accommodation information or contact the coordinator VICKY HEUNIS for a list of Accommodation options.