COMMEMORATION SERVICE FOR ZONDERWATER PRISONERS OF WAR

摘要

On Sunday, 7 November, the annual commemoration service was held at the cemetery which is all that remains of the Italian Prisoner of War camp in Zonderwater, nearCullinan, which, at its peak, housed 100 000 Italian prisoners of war. There are 252 Italians buried in the cemetery, which also houses a small museum full of items made by the prisoners. Over 800 prisoners of war declined to return to Italy after the war; more than 20 000 others returned to South Africa afterwards.