In order to stop the large flow of refugees to neutral Netherlands during WWI, the German occupier started in 1915 with the construction of an electric deterrent fence between Belgium and the Netherlands. At that time, the danger of electricity was unknown to a large part of the population. This led to many deaths and serious accidents. The electric wire, the entrance gate, the guardhouse and the switch house symbolically erected at this location are an evocation of the situation at that time. Next to the switch house there was also a soldiers' quarters which often also contained transformers or generators that were driven by diesel or petroleum engines.

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Andrea 🎒🥾 & Chibsi 🐕🐾

April 6, 2018

Electric fence built by Germans in World War I, along the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Im Do

March 20, 2024

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