Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te mutunga o te tau 1944, i te wā o te
Liberation of Belgium, i whakapuaki a Geersens i tana awangawanga mo te pehea e ora ai a Belgium mai i tana mahi, me te kii "ko o taatau iwi, he mate kino". 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.