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Dodendraad (Death Wire) Memorial

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Dodendraad (Death Wire) Memorial

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  • Location: Mol, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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    April 28, 2024

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    The Wire, also called Death Wire or Death Fence, was a 332 kilometer long wire barrier that was constructed by the German occupiers of Belgium during the First World War …
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    September 19, 2020

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    To prevent thousands of people from fleeing the border after the outbreak of World War I, the Germans erected an electrical wire barrier under high voltage over 450 kilometers.

    The entire Belgian-Dutch border, from the coast to Limburg, was closed from 1915 by a high electrical barrier, which was under high voltage. Anyone who still clandestinely crossed the border to the neutral Netherlands risked his life.
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    October 3, 2019

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    Almost a hundred years ago there was a murderous electric wire barrier on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands: the 'death wire'. This horrific obstacle from the First World …
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    Location: Mol, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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