Bethulie: My lewe in die kamp

Presented by Tafelberg

23-year-old Rensche van der Walt’s gripping diary tells of life in the Bethulie concentration camp during the Anglo-Boer War (South African War). She writes in shocking detail about the diseases, malnutrition and overcrowding that Boer families had to endure. The book is now being republished for the first time in 60 years.Van der Walt’s diary is enriched with chapters by historians such as Dr. Johan van Zÿl of the War Museum and South African War expert Prof. Fransjohan Pretorius. Esté Kotze talks to Dr Van Zÿl.