Electrocuted by the Deadly Wire

Young Belgian victim of the Electric Fence, electrocuted on his flight.

Civilian Escape and the Deadly Border Wire

This image of a young Belgian victim highlights the danger of the electric fence between occupied Belgium and neutral Holland. It adds human context to the border system, showing how escape, occupation and civilian movement could become matters of life and death during the war.

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