Bittereinderdag

Bittereinderdag (Bitter-ender Day) celebrated on 31 May annually by the Afrikaner people, commemorates those among the Boers who refused to abide by the peace agreement concluded by their leaders more than a century ago, and fought to the bitter end against the advancing British Empire.

Origin

On May 31, 1902 the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed and Bittereinders had to give up the struggle and lay down the arms. The unequal struggle against the British Empire had stopped because the empire had, in a barbaric way, destroyed and burned the two Boer republics and more than 26,000 women and children were killed in concentration camps. The British Empire had set a great example on how to avoid fighting the Boer commandos and wage war against the defenseless women and children across the country to a wilderness destroyed. "Human rights" not yet in practice.[1]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2013-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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