Browsing by Subject "World War I"
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Die lewe, werk en invloed van F.V. Engelenburg in Suid-Afrika (1889 – 1938)
(2015)This dissertation is a historical biography of F.V. Engelenburg (1863-1938) and covers the period from 1889 to 1938, when Engelenburg lived and worked in South Africa. The study situates Engelenburg in the historical ... -
A tale of two graves: a biography of Lance Corporal Wijnand “Victor” Hamman, 1893-1917
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)The biography of Lance-Corporal Wijnand “Vic” Hamman is quite unique in comparison to the stories of his peers who fought with him in the trenches during the First World War (1914-1918). This statement rests on the fact ... -
Teaching World War I: An exploratory study of representations of the Great War in contemporary African textbooks
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)far-reaching consequences, a violent episode of unprecedented magnitude which affected millions of lives and which brought lasting change to the world in which we live. One hundred years after the outbreak of this global ... -
“Wipe out the Vons!” The Pietermaritzburg Citizens Vigilance Committee and the sinking of the Lusitania, May 1915
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)The Pietermaritzburg Citizens Vigilance Committee was an extra legal body which discovered disloyal persons of German extraction in the city following the riots caused by the German torpedoing of the British passenger ...