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Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. The cemetery, containing 5,074 American war dead, covers 50.5 acres (20.4 ha) and was dedicated in 1960. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. [1]
The Notre-Dame Cemetery (French: Cimetière Notre-Dame, German: Liebfrauenfriedhof) in Luxembourgish more commonly the Nikloskierfecht, or "St. Nicholas Graveyard", is located in the Limpertsberg quarter of Luxembourg City. It is the largest of the 14 cemeteries and graveyards managed by the Service Cimetières of the City of Luxembourg.
The Sandweiler German war cemetery is a World War II cemetery in Sandweiler, in southern Luxembourg. It contains the graves of 10,913 German servicemen from the Battle of the Bulge in winter 1944 and spring 1945.
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Luxembourg" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
As Luxembourg's pre-war population was only 266,000, [5] this death toll amounted to more than 1% of the entire national population, which is a relatively greater percentage than many combatant nations (see: World War I casualties). The monument aroused public controversy at the time it was proposed and installed.
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The permanent presence of Jews in Luxembourg has been documented since 1276. There is said to have been a first settlement in front of the Sankt-Ulrich-Tor. [4] The Jewish cemetery in Clausen was built in 1817 [5] and in 1823 at the Seminargässl behind the cathedral (see Ons Stad Nr. 25 of 1987) the first synagogue was solemnly inaugurated. [4]