165pp. Softcover binding. With several monochrome photographs. Condition: Very good. Minor rubbing and spots of slight edgewear to covers. Small crease to top corner of rear cover. Minuscule stains to fore edges of a couple of pages. Text and illustrations are clean. Tightly bound.
Inscribed by Author.
From https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/message/616232: “The first full history of Jewish military participation on the Boer side during the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902. An estimated 300 Jews served in the Boer armed forces. These ranged from those fighting in the commandos through to medical officers, POW guards, commissariat officers and town guard members. Individual Jews were involved in nearly all of the war’s best-known incidents, including the famous battles of Magersfontein, Colenso, Spioenkop and Paardeberg, the sieges of Mafeking, Ladysmith and Kimberley, the capture and escape of Winston Churchill and throughout the guerilla campaign. Many were interned for lengthy periods in POW camps on St Helena, Bermuda, Ceylon and elsewhere.
Based on original research conducted largely in the archives of the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, it weaves individual narratives of Jewish participants into a broader narrative of the war's best-known events. The reminiscences of some of these "Oudstryders" (veterans) were subsequently recorded by, amongst others, Rabbi Dr L I Rabinowitz, and provide compelling and unique perspectives of the war from Jews who devoted themselves to fighting for the Boer cause The book features an annotated Nominal Roll of all known Jewish participants in the Boer military as well as photographs from the SAJBD Archives.”
Size: 8vo (21 x 14,8cm)
Published by Author, 2010
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
