Photographs taken during the 60th Commemoration of the
Allied Liberation of Luxembourg during World War II.
Top left and
right:
December 2004 shop windows display in Diekirch, Luxembourg, commemorating the
60th anniversary of the Allied Liberation of World War II.
Above right
and at left: I took this photograph when I visited the Mauthausen concentration camp. The
photographs are views of a monument from the Luxembourg government to the
memory of Luxembourgers who died in the Mauthausen camp during WWII.
Below right: The
concentration camp attire of a Luxembourger incarcerated during World War II
(on exhibit at the Patton Museum).
Above:
This is a photograph from an exhibit dedicated to members of the Luxembourg
Resistance Movement; the exhibit is on display at the George F. Patton
Museum in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. Two of my cousins, Antoine Steiwer
and Nic Linden, were members of the resistance movement in Luxembourg.
To visit the Patton museum, click on
General
Patton Museum
"Milly's
Story" is a testimony of the author's personal experiences as a
10-15 year old girl during the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg in
the Second World War. Her vibrant, authentic chronicles,
especially the episodes of the Liberation by U.S. troops and
life with American soldiers, such as Christmas Eve 1944, are
moving and thrilling accounts based on historical context."The
Young Girl's Memories of the Second World War" is dedicated to
all the U.S. soldiers who fought in the Grand-Duchy of
Luxembourg for the liberty of her nation. It is also dedicated
to the numerous descendants of those who migrated from
Luxembourg to the United States, especially in Minnesota, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois.
Here's the
link for the first chapter of Milly Thill's
memoir, <Milly's Story"}>--it was first
published in Luxembourg in Letzebuergesch, and
it has recently been published in English.