Today an obvious fact, during WWI a deadly endeavor: 10,000 steps along the Death Wire

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Last verified: 7 May 2025

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During this walk, you casually cross the border between Belgium and the Netherlands multiple times. Today it is a given, but during World War I, it was a deadly undertaking. At that time, the German occupier installed an electric fence between occupied Belgium and neutral Netherlands. In the Baarlese hamlet of Zondereigen, the local history group is doing everything it can to preserve the history of that Dead Wire. Chairman Herman Janssen (65) takes us along the border and through time. He tells stories that seem to come from a Hollywood film, but are painfully true.

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