Scopri gli eventi chiave e le storie di coloro che hanno vissuto questo difficile periodo storico.
La diciannovenne indonesiana Evy Poetiray si recò nei Paesi Bassi nel 1937 per studiare. Tre anni dopo, i Paesi Bassi fu...
#Biografia
One of the first decrees that Gauleiter Gustav Simon published was the introduction of the antisemitic Nuremberg Laws on...
#Storyline
Having drawn lessons from the First World War the Government had decided to leave Luxembourg in the likely event of a Ge...
#Storia
On 10 May 1940, German troops invaded the neutral and unarmed Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. After several weeks of military...
More than one hundred Luxembourgers volunteered for the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade ‘Brigade Piron’. Most of them const...
Giuseppina Sacerdote era una partigiana ebrea combattente nel comando provinciale delle Brigate Garibaldi di Milano....
Enrichetta Alfieri era una suora che lavorava nel carcere di San Vittore. Dopo l’occupazione tedesca aiutò i prigionieri...
Ada Buffulini fu una dottoressa e antifascista. Fu internata nel campo nazista di Bolzano dove riuscì a creare un movime...
On 31 August 1942, Wiltz was the starting point for a nationwide general strike against the introduction of compulsory...
Under the chairmanship of Gauleiter Gustav Simon, the repressive occupation policy of the Nazi civil administration r...
The ’Battle of the Bulge’, December 1944 to January 1945, brought devastating destruction to the Northern part of Lux...
Born on 5 January 1921 at Berg Castle, the Crown Prince Jean left Luxembourg on 10 May 1940. In 1942, he voluntarily joi...
Grand Duchess Charlotte (born 23 January 1896, died 9 July 1985), was the Head of State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg...
At the beginning of the ’Battle of the Bulge ’ the weather conditions were poor. To boost the morale of his troops, Gene...
At the beginning of the offensive, the exhausted units of the US 28th Infantry Division in the Luxembourg Ardennes put ...
Due to the brave resistance of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Daniel B Strickler's unit, the German advance route via Const...
After weeks of failing to clear the Harlingen front in early January 1945, General Patton placed his full confidence in ...
The dramatic fate of the Resistance fighter, Camille Sutor (born 30 May 1921, died 19 May 1944), is an example of the ex...
Shortly before the fall of Wiltz, on 18 December 1944, the rear sections of the US 28th Infantry Division were moved tow...
On 12 January 1945, a doctor of the US 90th Infantry Division, Dr William McConahey, moved with his medical unit to the ...
The border area of Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith changed nationality three times in the first half of the 20th century. ...
Richard F. Wiegand, born in Maryland, USA, enlisted into the US Army in 1943. He was killed in action on Christmas Day 1...
Major General Walter E. Lauer was born in Brooklyn, New York. During the Second World he commanded the US 99th Infantr...
From its formation in 1942, the US 99th Infantry Division played an important role during the Second World War. This w...
