Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga o te tau 1944, i te wā o te Liberation o Belgium
, I whakapuaki a Geersens i te awangawanga mo te pehea e taea ai e Belgium te whakaora mai i tana mahi, me te kii "ko o taatau iwi, ki tetahi waahanga, he mate". Whai muri i te whakaoranga, i whakaputaina he pukaemi whakaahua me nga whakairoiro i Brussels hei whakanui i tana mahi mo te BBC i te wa o te mahi a Tiamana.