Geskiedenis-gespreksreeks: Die bittereinders en Gideon Scheepers

With Arnold van Dyk, Lindie Koorts, Peter Greeff, Schalk van der Merwe, Kabous Meiring(facilitator)

The bittereinders are often blamed in the modern context for fighting until the very end of the Anglo-Boer War. Some revisionist and armchair historians believe that by doing so, they prolonged the suffering of the women and children in the concentration camps. But what about steadfast figures such as Gideon Scheepers? How is the Afrikaner psyche shaped depending through which lens we view their actions? Trauma, resistance, or heroism?