Die Kappie Kommando

of Boerevrouwen in Geheime Dienst
Door Johanna Brandt

1913
First Edition

Johanna Brandt (18 November 1876 in Heidelberg, South African Republic – 13 January 1964 in Newlands, Cape Town) was a South African champion of Afrikaner nationalism, spy during the Boer War, prophet and writer on health subjects.

It was during [the] second phase of the Boer War that Brandt, who was living in Pretoria, became active for the Boer cause. She organised women to spy on British officers and hid prisoners who were on the run. It was her actions that led to W. T. Stead running an article in the Review of Reviews about the appalling conditions in the Irene Concentration Camp, which contributed to a decline in British public support for the war.

End boards marked.

170mm x 235mm

R2,000

See also Het Concentratie Kamp van Irene