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Luxembourg Jews commemorate deportation to concentration camps

Members of Luxembourg's Jewish community gathered in Cinqfontaines to commemorate the deportation of the Grand Duchy's Jews during the Second World War.

Luxembourg sees antisemitic incidents rise 64% in one year

The Luxembourg-based charity RIAL has reported new statistics showing that antisemitic incidents have risen by 64 percent in the last year. The group recorded 80 antisemitic incidents in 2021, including harassment, damage to Jewish cemeteries, and online abuse.

Holocaust remembrance centre to open in Luxembourg

A learning and remembrance centre about the Holocaust in Luxembourg is set to open in May 2022 as the grand duchy takes steps to put into action a landmark restitution agreement signed last year.

Luxembourg to pay one million Euros in reparations for Holocaust survivors

The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) announced that its Claims Conference has started distributing funds from the Luxembourg Fund for Holocaust survivors who currently live in Luxembourg or lived there during the Nazi occupation.

Commemorative plaque installed in Rue de la Congrégation

The location for the commemorative sign was chosen in accordance with the first Luxembourgish synagogue, which was built in Rue de la Congrégation in 1823.

Government of Luxembourg and Jewish community sign restitution agreement

The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg (CIL), have reached an agreement on the unresolved issues related to the unlawful dispossession of Holocaust-era Jewish property.
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