Schoolchildren went around with these cards, each trying to do their best to collect the most money; a prick in the 5 box on the card indicated that the donor had given 5 cents - a penny - while one in the ten box would be a receipt for a ten cents (two pennies) donation.

Accepting that almost every child in the whole of Holland participated in this, one gets a better idea of the loving kindness felt towards the poor women and children in the Concentration camps in South Africa, as well as the Boer Prisoners of War held on the various islands.

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