Luxembourg

1942: General strike against military conscription in German-occupied Luxembourg

Death sentence notice for strikers

An account of the walk out in the central post office during the general strike in Luxembourg, 1942.

George Kieffer was born in 1950, the son of Michel Kieffer, a technician of the Telephone Department of the Luxembourg Post Office, who was active with his wife in the Resistance during the Second World War. Following the death of his father, George, who now lives in England, transferred the former's collection of papers, documents and medals to the Second World War Experience Centre.

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