The Concentration Camp Graves in Krugersdorp Cemetery.

The photographs on this page are of the graves and memorial to the inmates of the Krugersdorp Concentration Camp in the Old Cemetery in Krugersdorp (Burgershoop Cemetery). From what I have read, it was established on 19 May 1901 and was one of the biggest camps in the Transvaal with 5488 people in the camp, which was situated north east of what is now Coronation Park on the site of what is now Dr Yussaf Dadoo Hospital. A blockhouse, one of the few still remaining today, overlooks the site. The Krugersdorp Native Refugee Camp was situated on the farm Roodekrans, and later they were relocated to the farm Waterval.
Burgershoop Cemetery is literally "up the road" and it contains a wide variety of graves ranging from concentration camp deaths, to Jameson Raid, Boer War , World War 1 and 2, miners and ordinary people. Sadly though the cemetery is badly overgrown and the concentration camp graves do not leave an impression the way Irene Garden of Remembrance does. It is difficult to know what the death rate was for the camp, but one source mentions that there are over 1800 concentration camp graves in the cemetery. Images open in a new window.


Typical Grave	Memorial	Plaque
SAVF Plaque	1958 Plaque	Memorial Stone
	Typical headstone
The Blockhouse	Coronation Park	Coronation Park