Topic: WW2
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The National WWII Museums Collections – Finding Luxembourg
Learn moreConducting research at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans with a specific focus on the role of Luxembourg during World War II.
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Visiting the National WWII Museum and diving into Military History
Learn moreA report by Nina Janz.
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The impact of war experiences in Europe – The conscription of non-German men and women into the Wehrmacht and Reichsarbeitsdienst (1938-1945)
Learn moreReport of the international conference held on 26-28 October 2022 at the University of Luxembourg.
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Transcribing, Curating and Researching War Letters in the Digital Age
Learn moreA short report of the 2nd ‘War Letters’ workshop in Belval, Luxembourg.
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Presentation of the WARLUX project at the Society of Military History Annual Meeting in Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas
Learn moreNina Janz took the long way to Texas to present the topic of Project Warlux to an international audience of military historians.
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A Workshop on War Letters (in the Digital Age)
Learn moreImpressions of building a community around people working on the digitization of historical ‘egodocuments’ using Transkribus.
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Workshop report: Zwangssoldaten, Malgré-Nous, Zwangsrekrutéiert? – Terms, Numbers and Statistics
Learn moreReport of the WARLUX workshop from 14 October 2021.
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Personal stories of Luxembourgish conscripts
Learn moreTogether with students, the WARLUX team researches the personal side of the history of Luxembourgers, born between 1920 and 1927, who were enrolled into German services during the Second World War. To uncover the individual experiences of these men, women and families, the team of WARLUX collects ego documents and personal interviews of this generation.…
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How is order enforced during war and occupation? A conference on local administration during the first and second World Wars
Learn moreWartime regimes are more than simple top-down structures of terror and coercion between the occupier and the occupied or between the warring state and its population. Existing administrations, networks and functional elites took on complex roles, often adapting to local circumstances. Administrative authorities and personnel were constantly interacting with the population regarding everyday affairs. Studying…
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Between the front and home – War letters of Luxembourgers in Nazi forces and organisations during WWII as a source to study their individual war experiences
Learn moreThe ongoing project WARLUX aims to study the biographies of young Luxembourgers, born between 1920 and 1927, who were drafted by the Nazi German authorities for the Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst) and the German Army (Wehrmacht).