Belgian refugees in the Netherlands during the First World War Belgian refugees in the Netherlands during the First World War During the First World War between 1914 and 1918, approximately one million Belgians fled across the border to the Netherlands. These refugees were both civilians who were afraid of the war and the alleged atrocities of the Germans, and soldiers who either deserted or were cut off from their army unit. Officially Belgium, like the Netherlands, was a neutral country during the war. By 1904 the news had already leaked out that the Germans had a plan to march through Belgium to reach France. Precautionary measures were taken against this,
The Country of the Kind The Country of the Kind "The Country of the Kind" is a science fiction short story by American writer Damon Knight. It was first published in the February 1956 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and has been reprinted several times, including in "In Deep" (1963), "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame (vol. 1)" (1976), and "The Golden Age of Science Fiction" (1981). The story is set in a future world in which violence and crime have been almost entirely eradicated. The main character is a man who is capable of antisocial behavior and who considers himself