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A. D. (August D.) Luckhoff
A Dutch Reformed minister in South Africa, he is best remembered for his moving firsthand account of life in the Bethulie concentration camp during the South African War. His writing brings together witness, compassion, and a strong sense of moral duty.
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Woman's Endurance
by A. D. (August D.) Luckhoff
About the author
Born in Colesberg in 1874, August Daniël Lückhoff studied at the South African College in Cape Town and later trained in theology at Stellenbosch. He became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church and went on to play a notable role in church and social welfare work.
Luckhoff is most closely associated with Woman's Endurance, a diary-based account drawn from his time as chaplain at the Bethulie concentration camp during the South African War. The book is valued for its direct, humane record of the suffering and resilience of women and children in the camp.
Later in life, he was known not only as a churchman but also as an early advocate for organized care for the poor within his church. He died in 1963, leaving behind a work that still stands as an important personal document of a traumatic period in South African history.