German occupation of Luxembourg

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The German occupation of Luxembourg was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany invaded, annexed, and controlled Luxembourg, suppressing its sovereignty and imposing Germanization policies until the country’s liberation in 1944.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in World War II
military occupation
administeredBy Civil administration of Luxembourg under Nazi Germany
Gauleiter Gustav Simon
appliesToJurisdiction Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
linked to: Luxembourg
conflict World War II
countryOccupied Luxembourg
describedBySource Luxembourg National Archives
Luxembourg National Museum of History and Art
endedBy Allied liberation of Luxembourg
advance of U.S. forces in 1944
endTime September 1944
followedBy Liberation of Luxembourg
hasCause Battle of France
Nazi expansionism
historicalRegion Benelux
linked to: Benelux Union
location Luxembourg
occupyingPower Nazi Germany
opposedBy Allied forces
Luxembourgish resistance groups
participant Luxembourgish resistance
Nazi civil administration
Wehrmacht
partOf German occupation of Western Europe
World War II
policy Germanization
Nazification
abolition of Luxembourgish political parties
annexation into the German Reich
censorship
conscription of Luxembourgers into German armed forces
forced labor
persecution of Jews
suppression of Luxembourgish language
precededBy German invasion of Luxembourg
result deportation of Jewish population
growth of Luxembourgish resistance movement
loss of Luxembourgish sovereignty
significantEvent 1942 general strike in Luxembourg
abolition of the Luxembourgish constitution
anti-Jewish decrees
closure of Luxembourgish newspapers
introduction of compulsory military service for Luxembourgers in the Wehrmacht
proclamation of Luxembourg as part of Gau Moselland
startTime 10 May 1940
timePeriod 1940s
victim Luxembourgish Jews
Luxembourgish civilians
political opponents of Nazism in Luxembourg

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Liberation of Luxembourg follows German occupation of Luxembourg
Liberation of Luxembourg associatedWith Luxembourg in World War II
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
German occupation of Luxembourg administeredBy Civil administration of Luxembourg under Nazi Germany
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
German occupation of Luxembourg significantEvent 1942 general strike in Luxembourg
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
National Museum of the Resistance dedicatedTo Nazi occupation of Luxembourg
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
Allied liberation of the Low Countries precededBy German occupation of Luxembourg