St. Michael Church

Only a modest bronze plaque fixed to the right wing of the present headquarters building of the State Savings bank (BCEE) in Luxembourg City reminds of General Omar Bradley’s former Headquarters.

The State Savings was created by law in 1856.

Distance: 5,16 km
Duration: 3:00 h
Difficulty: medium

The Vauban Towers are named after the medieval constructions they replaced: the Eich Gate and the Bons Malades Gate.

During the German occupation (from 1942 to 1944) the former railwaystation of Hollerich was the point of departure of numerous young people forcefully enroled in the German army and of 4000 people that were forcefully “resettled” in Eastern parts of Germany for political reasons, loosing all their belongings in Luxembourg.

St. John Church

From August 1940 on, the Gestapo had installed their headquarters on these premises.

Neimënster Abbey cultural centre

On 17 June 2018 (75th anniversary of the last transport of Jews to Eastern Europe) a monument to the victims of the Shoah was inaugurated in Luxembourg city. It commemorates the 1300 members of the Jewish community of Luxembourg, victims of the Shoah, who were deported to the ghettos and extermination camps and murdered by the Nazis.