WW2

A look back on the Forum Z 'Lokalgeschichte ganz nah. Persönliche Kriegserfahrungen in Schifflingen' (Personal war experiences in Schifflange).

Report of the international conference held on 26-28 October 2022 at the University of Luxembourg.

Die Auswirkungen der nationalsozialistischen Besatzung und der Zwangsrekrutierung auf das Leben der Einwohner*innen von Schifflingen.

Lecture by Pieter van den Heede, Erasmus University, Rotterdam (NL).

Lecture avec Marc Limpach et Elsa Rauchs. Accompagnement musical par Michel Reis & Claire Parsons. Une production du Kasemattentheater avec le soutien du C²DH.

This Memorial is bridging stories and memories of victims and survivors of the Shoah.

On 12 October, the Fondation luxembourgeoise pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and the C²DH officially launched the participatory project in the presence of the Minister for Culture, Sam Tanson.

Le Mémorial digital de la Shoah au Luxembourg est construit à la mémoire des personnes ayant vécu au Luxembourg qui ont été persécutées pour des motifs raciaux avant et pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

International conference organised by the C²DH WARLUX team.

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.