Lizzie van Zyl | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Cecilia van Zyl 1894 (1894) |
| Died | (1901-05-09)9 May 1901 (aged 6–7) |
| Cause of death | Typhoid; in possible addition to severeneglect. |
| Resting place | Bloemfontein concentration camp |
| Known for | Boer concentration camp inmate |
Elizabeth Cecilia van Zyl (1894 (1894) –(1901-05-09)9 May 1901),[1][2][3] was aBoer child who died in theBloemfontein concentration camp fromtyphoid during theSecond Boer War.[2][3][4]
Lizzie was a child of Hermanus Egbert Pieter van Zyl and Elizabeth Cecilia van Zyl.[5][6] She and her mother Elizabeth were inmates of theBloemfontein concentration camp. They were given hardly any food, because they wereBoers.
She died in 1901, being six or seven years old.
After she died,anti-war activistEmily Hobhouse used her death as a example of the sufferings of the Boers in the concentration camps. Hobhouse visited Lizzie in the concentration camp and described that she was a "weak and frail child in desperate need of good care." Hobhouse also took a photograph of Lizzie during her visit. Initially, Hobhouse's reporters refused to show the photograph to the world.
Bloemfontein concentration camp (Typhoid fever, possible severe neglect)
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