Dorethea van der Merwe South African Criminal
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1879
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| Died |
1921
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| Nationality |
South African
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| Occupation Text |
Farmer
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| Occupation |
Criminal
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Dorethea van der Merwe (1880 – 16 August 1921), also known as Dorethea Kraft and sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Dorothea", was the first woman hanged in the Union of South Africa. In 1921 she was convicted of the murder of Louis Tumpowski. He had been murdered on her farm, Treurfontein ("Sorrow fountain"), in Lichtenburg, Transvaal in 1918.
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