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Title: Caritas Feeding Centre, Malanje, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects,
Description: Angolans wait patiently for food at the Caritas Feeding Centre in Malange in the Malanje Province of Angola. The city was under siege by União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) artillary.
Identifier: islandora:6987

Title: Erich Brand to Postscheckamt (Post office account), 8 November 1944
Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Brand, Erich--Correspondence, Soldiers--Correspondence
Description: Letter from Mr. Erich Brand to the Post office nominating his wife as the sole heir of his account. An English translation of this letter is available. To see this translation please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries' Special Collections.
Identifier: islandora:27367

Title: Orders to move on
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola,
Description: Soldiers from a Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) patrol are briefed and ordered by the senior officer before embarking on a mission into enemy territory.
Identifier: islandora:7064

Title: Ngive (a border town in Southern Angola) in ruins after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Buildings--War damage--Angola--Cunene (Province),
Description: Ngive, a town in the Cunene Province of Angola is deserted and ruined after the withdrawal of troops from the South African Defence Force in 1990.
Identifier: islandora:7077

Title: Military monument, Luanda, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Armored vehicles, Military--Angola,
Description: A Soviet personnel carrier crushes a South African Defence Force Eland armoured car captured during the 1980's in Angola. União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) election posters were pasted onto this Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola (FAPLA) monument.
Identifier: islandora:7040

Title: Quick puff before the flight
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Soldiers--Angola, Military helicopters--Angola, War photographers--Angola,
Description: A soldier takes a quick puff from a cigarette before take off. In the background is John Clemento, a London-based cameraman.
Identifier: islandora:7063

Title: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing
Subject: Namibia--History, Military--20th century, Buildings--War damage
Description: Remains of the Roman Catholic Church at Okanimekwa, after bombing.
Identifier: islandora:6962

Title: José dos Santos Eduardo O futuro tranquilo
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-,
Description: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) election billboard from September 1992 predicts a tranquil future for Angola. Unfortunately, subsequent events were far from tranquil.
Identifier: islandora:7051

Title: Gunship landing in Balombo, Angola
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Gunships (Military aircraft)--Angola,
Description: A MI-24 multi-purpose gunship belonging to the Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) lands in Balombo in the Benguela Province of Angola.
Identifier: islandora:6989

Title: Soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan beat a suspected deserter
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002--Social aspects, Soldiers--Angola,
Description: A suspected deserter is found in the local market in Ganda, Angola and beaten by soldiers from Forças Armadas Angolanan (FAA) as they assert their authority over the town.
Identifier: islandora:7065

Title: Maintaining contact with the outside world
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Telecommunication--Angola, Bailundo (Huambo, Angola)--Social conditions,
Description: A satellite dish in Bailundo in the Huambo Province of Angola enable União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) to maintain contact with the outside world.
Identifier: islandora:7022

Title: Letter from Margarete (last name illegible), possibly in Bonn, to Frau Sorell, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945
Description: A letter from Margarete (last name illegible), possibly in Bonn, to Frau Sorell (née Bruch), 1940.
Identifier: islandora:29873

Title: Letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 1940
Subject: Bruch, Edith--Correspondence, Lindner, Ruth--Correspondence, World War, 1939-1945
Description: A letter from Ruth Lindner, London, to Mrs Roy Sorell, Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa, 1940. The following is conveyed in the letter: congratulations from Ruth on the birth of a son to Edith and Roy; Ruth discusses her minor operation then talks of the German invasion of Holland (May 1940) and the stress she went through to determine whether her relations were alright. She tells how she eventually found out that they were, but states that she cannot bear for them to live ''under the government of these barbarians'' (ie. under the government of Nazi Germany).
Identifier: islandora:29874

Title: Destroyed classrooms at Mwala wa Nashilongo school
Subject: Buildings--War damage--Namibia--Owambo
Description: Destroyed classrooms at Mwala wa Nashilongo school bombed by 'unknown persons' near Tsandi, Uukwaluudhi in western Owambo.
Identifier: islandora:6977

Title: Political rally, Angola, 1992
Subject: Angola--History--Civil War, 1975-2002, Angola--Politics and government--1975-, Public meetings--Angola--Luanda,
Description: Four União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) 'spies' are found at a Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) rally. The four arrived on new bicycles which indicated their guilt.
Identifier: islandora:7048

Title: Convent destroyed by Unita, Angola
Subject: War--Angola, Conflict--Angola, Ruins--Angola, Convents--Angola, Buildings--Angola,
Description: The remains of a Convent that was destroyed by Unita in Angola, 2005.
Identifier: islandora:18405

Title: Run for your lives! George Bush has been given another four years to promote family values
Subject: United States--Foreign relations--Iraq--Caricatures and cartoons, War--Caricatures and cartoons, Iraq War, 2003-2011--Caricatures and cartoons, South African wit and humor, Pictorial, Iraq
Description: There seemed to be a disconnect between George Bush's promotion of warm family values at home in the USA while continuing to sew mayhem among the populace of Iraq by continuous bombing. Description provided by Tony Grogan.
Identifier: islandora:6134

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