Overview
Identifiers
Alternate Site Codes
DC22/NAMM/0032
Inventory Number
2729BD50
Site Name
Volkrust Concentration Camp Memorial and Garden of Remembrance, Volksrust
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 16:13
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:49
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 12:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Date Unveiled: 1989Builder: C.J.Van T. Coetzee
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The information written is for remembrance of deaths and holds a historical element in the South African War History. The deceased died between 1899- 1902 ,mainly it was woman and children and other casualties who suffered poverty due to the War.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Construction Materials
Marble
Granite
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
British and Boer war in the 1800
Date Unveiled
Inscriptions
/1899-1920. Aan die loog volscendte konsentrasiekamp te Voltrust ceste en heir herbegrawe is. Onthul op 13 November 1976 deur sy edele or P.C.J. Koornhof, Minister van sport en ontspranning./ Duer die Suid Afrikanse raad vir oorlocstafte/
Location
Location
Mapping
-27.36785, 29.885501
Mpumalanga
- Gert Sibande
- Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme
Directions to Site
351 Langalibalele street, Pietermaritzburg. In the Pietermaritzburg CBD inside the Musunduzi Museum. The entrance faces the Natalia building in Langalibalele street, Pietermaritzburg .
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