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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Brendan Whyte
<bwhyte@u...> wrote:
> Thanks to all of you my book is out of print. I hope to do a
second edition
> (slightly updated & without the typographical errors!) later this
year...
>
> For those of you who read Dutch or French, you may be
interested
congrats on your success too
& again
why
why might knowing french or dutch interest anyone in getting
hold of an electric fence
book
or what do you like about this
it is a fair question
> to get
> hold of the history of the electric fence (2000V !!!) the Germans
built
> along the Dutch-Belgian boundary, from Aachen to the River
Scheldt
> (l'Escault) in 1915. Several hundred people were killed by it:
spies,
> smugglers, escaping soldiers (German and Allied), and
civilians including
> children.
>
> Vanneste, Alex, (2000), Het Eerste 'IJzeren Gordijn'? De
elektrische
> draadversperring aan de Belgisch-Nederlandse grens tijdens
de Eerste
> Wereldoorlog, Tijdschrift van de Dexia Bank, 54(4):39-82. In
Dutch.
> Also available in a French version as "Le premier 'Rideau de
fer'? La
> clôture électrique à la frontière belgo-hollandaise pendant la
Premièrre
> Guerre mondiale", Bulletin de Dexia Banque, 54(4):39-82.
> Some mention of Baarle as a post office for the clandestine
carriage of
> letters between Belgian soldiers on the front and their families
at home.
> Includes lots of photos and a German map of the electric
fence.
>
> Or Martin Ira Glassner's "Political Geography" textbook (2003
edition) is
> in fairly simple English and has lots of photos and maps. A
great starting
> point, although the enclave section is hopelessly outdated by
our work here!
>
> Other stuff on Belgo-Dutch smuggling:
>
> Spapens, Paul & Horsten, Piet, (1990), Tappen uit een Geheim
Vaatje. De
> Geschiedenis van de illegale Alcoholstokerijen in Nederland,
Kempen Pers,
> Hapert. In Dutch.
>
>
> Spapens, Paul & Kemenade, Kees van, (1991), De Grens
Gemarkeerd, grenspalen
> en grenskantoren aan de landzijde, Kempen Pers, Hapert. In
Dutch.
>
>
> Spapens, Paul, (1992), Een grens vraagt om smokkel,
Geworteld in Taxandria.
> Historische aspecten van de relatie Tilburg - Turnhout, 1
Tilburgse
> Historische Reeks, pp43-65. Online at
> http://www.historietilburg.nl/thr/thr1.Spapens.htm accessed 16
September
> 2003. In Dutch.
>
>
> and of course Ed Ragas' book on the history of Baarle
1900-2000
>
> Ragas, Ed, (1999), Baarle op de grens van twee eeuwen,
Lorilax, Muiderburg
> / Boekhandel Bruna, Baarle-Nassau. In Dutch.
>
> If you can find ANY of that on Amazon (apart from Glassner's
book) you are
> doing well!!
thanx
but again why
why would we be doing well
except to find glassners book there
does it have electric fences too
i dont get it
> As for the latest news on Baarle, there is meant to be a kiosk
near the
> Belgian St Remigiuskerk and the commemorative pillar in the
middle of town
> with a scale model of the village and a button which when
pressed, raises
> the enclaves up out of the model for easy understanding. This
was in
> preparation in 2000 and is working now but i have not seen it.
> Has anyone here?
>
> Brendan
>
>
>
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> >
> >Message: 4
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:44:44 -0700
> > From: Doug Murray <doug@d...>
> >Subject: Re: Book??
> >I quite liked "The Wall - The People's Story" by Christopher
Hilton.
> >And there is Stasiland by Anna Funder (though that is less
about
> >borders)
> >Of course, Brendan Whyte and Dallen Timothy have some
interesting books
> >too...
> >Cheers!
> >Doug