Interned: South Africa World War One

[@Morgan-Tman]

As a South African I like how you guys tried to give a first person look and feeling of how it was back in history. As they say about being in someone’s shoes u get to understand a bit more than just listening

[@luyandazungu8685]

Omg I’m just so stoked with the VR part of this video damn 😂

[@marlenefisher5312]

I see nothing wrong with the truth or the history.......

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

This video only concentrates on the English South African response to the Germans in our midst, ignoring the sympathetic view of the Afrikaans South Africans to Germans. The Boers had suffered at the hands of British indifference during the Boer War, so I doubt there was much support for the British internment system during WW1. I would bet that the Afrikaanders made damn sure the British didn't turn their camps into death sentences again!

[@stejabrayaga]

Foreigners brought nothing but pain to the people of this land.

[@eekay5710]

Please, South Africa does not need vid clips like these. Surely there is good news of recovery to tell ?! Btw, each and every one in this country did wrong, not only a certain group of people.

[@onfireforgod502]

It is good to look back in time what others have endured

[@eekay5710]

@@onfireforgod502 it is more healthy to look at this very moment, as the past only exists in our thoughts.

[@stejabrayaga]

Each and everyone? Name 1 thing the natives did wrong, or are you overlooking us as usual?

[@eekay5710]

@@stejabrayaga Murder, steal.. can you deny this 🤔

[@eekay5710]

@@stejabrayaga You obviously are in denial if you believe none of us did anything wrong 🙄

[@ZeeSA-no2zh]

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[@mornecoetzee735]

The Brittish should be held accountable for this boer holocaust.

[@wynnolan2675]

Maybe it is inconvenient to rather remember the concentration camps that the British invented in The Boer War, 1900 to 1902. What rubbish this is and it is narrated really badly. It is evident that there is a woke UK arts agency involved in this.

[@splashafrica]

Exactly this if it's even true then it is undeniable that m the idea was inherited from the British who used simular if not worse tactics for the sake of the empire against those that live the land

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

The British did not invent the concentration camp, but their input, along with the example of Turkish brutality after WW1 against the Armenian minority, led to Nazi Germany's concentration camp system and eventually the death camps. Before the Boer War, there were concentration camps in Cuba, and before that the Spanish Missions and American governments treatment of the Native Americans led directly to the modern concept of interning civilians. I am glad this video went on to mention the Uigar peoples internment in China because our South African government normally jumps when China demands it. The main problem with the Boer Concentration Camps was the lack of empathy from the British commanders. The Brits did not seem to be prepared for what looked like a good idea on paper. The result, of course, was criminal negligence on their part that led to more civilian deaths than Boer military deaths. Lord Alfred Milner must be burning in hell right now for his callous attitude that many of the camp commanders and their troops followed. I still don't quite understand how the NP led government could follow a policy of Apartheid after their experiences at the hands of the British. I suppose fear of civilians becoming victims again is one reason. Before you think I am a rooinek or a soutpiel, consider the fact that I served in the SADF, and I have family buried at Irene Concentration Camp Cemetery. Most of the Annandale dead were children and at least 2 grandparents of those poor children. The British couldn't even be bothered to keep proper records, so one of the 2 Annandale families are buried under the name Avondale there. What still aggravates me is that the British never apologised for their camps. My grandfather was born just after the Boer War and married the daughter of a Scottish officer who fought against the Boers. So my branch of the Annandales does use English as their home language, and I, for one, am glad we reconnected with our Scottish heritage, but I do not forget what happened to my Boer ancestors here.