Zweiter Weltkrieg

A short report of the 2nd ‘War Letters’ workshop in Belval, Luxembourg.

Research seminar with Blandine Landau

Nina Janz took the long way to Texas to present the topic of Project Warlux to an international audience of military historians.

Impressions of building a community around people working on the digitization of historical ‘egodocuments’ using Transkribus.

Les 5 et 6 juillet 2021 Le Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), Université du Luxembourg, et le Centre National de Litérature (CNL) ont organisé ensemble deux journées internationales d’étude sur le thème « Déposséder – dépossédé ».

In connection with the WARLUX research project, this conference focuses on the impact of war experiences on non-German nationals serving in the Nazi German armed forces and labour organisations. It will be held on 26-28 October 2022 at the University of Luxembourg.

Report of the WARLUX workshop from 14 October 2021.

Together 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. As one of the last surviving witnesses, Madame Jacoby-Sheehan welcomed Dr Nina Janz and Cristina Sobral to talk about her war experience.

Dans le cadre des commémorations du 80e anniversaire du départ du premier convoi de déportation depuis la gare de Luxembourg, dans la nuit du 16 au 17 octobre 1941, le C²DH et la Fondation Luxembourgeoise pour la Mémoire de la Shoah ont invité à un Forum Z le 18 octobre 2021.

Conférences et ateliers sur la mémoire de la Shoah à l'ère digitale.

Wartime 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 the responses of administrations to the World Wars could enrich our understanding of contemporary history.

Workshop organised by the WARLUX project team.

Journées d’étude internationales consacrées aux mécanismes de dépossession et à leur représentation en Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Événement organisé conjointement par le C²DH et le Centre national de littérature.

The 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).

Created by the Musée National de la Résistance, the exhibition ‘Between Shade and Darkness. The fate of the Jews of Luxembourg between 1940 and 1945’ will be displayed at the Maison du Savoir with the support of the C²DH.

Research seminar with Nina Janz, Michel R. Pauly, Sarah Maya Vercruysse.

Konferenz mit Dr. Inna Ganschow

Seminar für Bachelor- und Masterstudierende der Universität Luxemburg und der Derzhavin-Universität Tambow.

Interactive documentary produced by students on the Bachelor course in Contemporary History of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the National Museum of Military History in Diekirch, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Interactive documentary produced by students on the Bachelor course in Contemporary History of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the National Museum of Military History in Diekirch, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.