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“There is no happiness without memory,” said Albert Aflalo, President of the Jewish Community of Luxembourg, during his speech. He also called for intensified efforts to combat antisemitism in the country.
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The Grand-Duchy has reinforced preventive measures to mitigate any risks associated with antisemitism and ensure the security of the community.
A direct witness to the horrors of the Shoah, he became an active advocate for remembrance starting in 2001.
The project of collecting names for the monument was launched in 2022, with 1,222 names found in total. It will be located close to the Kaddish monument behind the Luxembourg City cathedral.
The Jewish community in Luxembourg experienced an “explosion” in antisemitic comments and incidents following Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October and the ensuing war in Gaza.
The police registered 76 cases of antisemitism in Luxembourg in 2022. This served as an essential source of information for the preparation of the national action plan.
According to a report of RIAL (Recherche et information sur l’antisémitisme au Luxembourg), the number of antisemitic incidents in Luxembourg remains worryingly high. 76 incidents of antisemitic nature were reported.
Members of Luxembourg’s Jewish community gathered in Cinqfontaines to commemorate the deportation of the Grand Duchy’s Jews during the Second World War.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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