Description
Witnesses To War Karel Schoeman
Personal Documents of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from the collections of the South African Library
Schoeman presents a treasure trove of 75 photographs, accompanying scores of extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the war, taken from the manuscripts held by the South African Library in Cape Town.
It provides a unique record of a major event in the history of the country, but through the eyes of ordinary people put in extraordinary circumstances.