Lizzie van Zyl
South African child imprisoned in a concentration camp (1894–1901)
Lizzie van Zyl
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cecilia van Zyl (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ɪˈlizabet səˈsilja fan zɛi̯l]; 22 April 1894 – 9 May 1901) was a South African Dutch Boer child inmate of the British-operated Bloemfontein Concentration Camp who died from severe typhoid fever and starvation, in addition to severe abuse, mistreatment, and neglect during the Second Anglo-Boer War. After her death, van Zyl's photograph (showing her in a extremely malnourished state) was used as a well-known and renowned example to show the severe and cruel mistreatment and suffering that Dutch Boers had to face and endure in the concentration camps during the Second Boer War, by the British.
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