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Mass Grave at Old Location Cemetery
Other Site Details
Classification  | A.07.1.3. Burial Grounds, Graves, Other
Proclamation No  | 115/2004
Place  | Windhoek, Hochland Park, Grave No. 171
Region  | Khomas
Site Environment  | Cemetary
Instangible Aspects  | The whole cemetery was proclaimed provisionally on 09.12.1987, but lapsed on 08.12.1992.
Previous Use  | Mass grave.
Current Use  | Mass grave.
Refences  | The whole cemetery was proclaimed provisionally on 09.12.1987, but lapsed on 08.12.1992.
Legal Status  | National Heritage Act, No. 27 of 2004, proclaimed 15.08.2004.
     

Brief History

The cemetery was founded in 1926 as an extension to the Gammans Cemetery. Amongst the 12,000 graves is the mass grave for those who were killed in 1959 by the South African authorities because they refused being removed from their homes by force due to the Apartheid rules.
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