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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 7 hours 15 minutes
Episode 6 - Liberation Day and the Battle of the Bulge
Today, we’re concluding our look at Luxembourg and the Second World War.
We’ll look at how Luxembourg was liberated, zoom in on the events of Liberation Day in the outskirts of the capital, and hear how parts of Luxembourg were re-occupied by the Nazis during the Battle of the Bulge.
Episode 5 - The Nazi occupation of Luxembourg
This week, we’re looking into the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg, from May 1940 to September 1944.
We’ll talk about the absorption of Luxembourg into the German Reich, collaboration and resistance, the deportation of the Jews, and the darkest day in Luxembourg’s history.
Episode 4 - Concentration camps and liberation
This week's episode covers how Grand Duchess Charlotte became an icon of resistance in the wake of the German invasion in 1940, how her son Jean was present at the liberation of Luxembourg, and we’ll also delve into the tragic story of Charlotte’s sisters, one of whom would end up in a Nazi concentration camp.
Episode 3 - Marie Adelaide and the abdication crisis
This week, we'll be following on from our second episode on Luxembourg during the First World War, looking at the abdication crisis of 1918-19.
Episode 2 - The impact of the First World War in Luxembourg
Luxembourg was actually the first country to be invaded by Germany in 1914, although things didn’t exactly go to plan for the Germans.
Episode 1 - How Luxembourg became an independent country
The first episode of Luxembourg History podcast goes all the way back to the birth of Luxembourg as the world's only remaining Grand Duchy.
Episode 0 - What this is all about
Join us at the Luxembourg History Podcast as we uncover hidden gems in the history of the world’s last Grand Duchy