The Ovaherero who survived the war were largely rounded up and put in concentration camps, where they went through a process of cultural assimilation to fulfill their roles as a proletariat of labor to support the white population.  Though education was disrupted during the war, enrollment surpassed prewar levels by 1905.  Many natives sought humanitarian assistance from missionaries and converted to Christianity in this period.  Missionary societies filled the gap left by the destruction of the native tribal structure.