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 ⓘ
Gustav Simon → participatedIn → German occupation of Luxembourg ⓘ
subject linked to: Gauleiter Gustav Simon
Luxembourgish Jews → experiencedEvent → Nazi occupation of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
France and Low Countries 1940 battle honour → relatedEvent → German invasion of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg
German occupation of the Low Countries → cause → German invasion of Luxembourg ⓘ
linked to: German occupation of Luxembourg