Memorial Points in Differdange

Bits of history everywhere

The south of the Grand Duchy was occupied like the rest of the country following the invasion of Nazi Germany on May 10, 1940; However, there were occasional battles as units of the French army occupied the area for advanced defense purposes. After the rapidly changing conditions in the following days however, they withdrew and so the entire Minett region, like the rest of the country, came under occupation by the III. Reich - a situation that would last until liberation on September 10, 1944.

The region also played a role in the liberation in 1944, as the south of the country was the first to be liberated by the advancing Western Allies. Today there are a number of monuments here to honor this historic moment, but also, for example, the "Liberty Road", the route of liberation that leads from Normandy, France, to Bastogne in Belgium.

Here in Differdange, the third largest city in the country, there are numerous memorial sites. Brass cobblestones remember fellow citizens, most of them jewish families, who fell victim to the repression and persecution of the Nazi regime. Monuments are dedicated to the victims, but also to the resistance to occupation.