Zonderwater: the largest allied POW camp during WWII?

[Steve Appleton]

"Things were to change abruptly when in November 1942 he was recalled urgently by the UDF and moved to a rapidly expanding prisoner-of-war camp at a place called Zonderwater located some 45 km east of Pretoria near the huge Cullinan diamond mine. Then virtually unknown, by the time the war was over the name Zonderwater was to become familiar throughout the country - and indeed in many parts of the world. What was its background?"

Not strictly about railways per se, but Zonderwater and the Rayton to Cullinan railway were to play a major role in WWII. To this day, the existence of the camp is shown to travellers on FOTR trains as they see the huge Zonderwater name emblazoned on a nearby hill top en route to Cullinan.

Read all about it on The Heritage Portal's website here:
http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/arti ... camp-world