Haunting Photos Of History's First Concentration Camps
Nylstroom Camp, South Africa. 1901. South Africa. 1901. Irene Camp, South Africa. Circa 1899-1902. During the war, farms were destroyed, fields salted and wells poisoned to keep the Boers from feeding their fighting men. The families that lived inside would then be dragged off to a concentration camp, where many would die.