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Happy Vyshyvanka Day to all Ukrainians! 🇺🇦 (that is the embroidered shirt you see).

Watch from Geektime. Very happy with it

86 years ago today, Luxembourg was invaded by Nazi Germany. The country was not occupied in the traditional sense. Rather, it was annexed into the Third Reich. This meant young men were drafted into the German military, and there was immense pressure on workers and professionals (especially teachers, civil servants, etc) to join the local Nazi Party. The first image below shows the Grand Ducal palace.

Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn: Luxembourg motto, written in previous times, but very appropriate to what happened 86 years ago: "We want to stay what we are".

81 years ago today, was a very important one for Europe. Europe was liberated from the forces of Nazism. Unfortunately, it took until 1991 until all of Europe was truly free.

This post was written in 2018, on the Facebook page of CEBA, link in comments. I did not write this but hopefully it is of interest.

“On this day 73 years ago, May 7th 1945, Grand-Duchess Charlotte was visiting the little town of Vianden, on the Luxembourg-German border. Immediately after her return from exile in London, on April 14th 1945, she set out for a tour of the devastated "Éisleck" region in northern Luxembourg. During the dark years of NAZI occupation Grand-Duchess Charlotte had been THE symbol for the peaceful resistance of the Luxembourgers against oppression and terror. So this tour, where Charlotte visited each and every village, that had been struck during the Battle of the Bulge, was of an uttermost importance to the population. It helped restore hope and gave strength and courage to the women and men who had to restart from nil, while still mourning the death of so many loved ones. Words can't describe the joy of the citizens when they met their sovereign.

During WWII Vianden was quite singular in Luxembourg, it was the only town where a significant armed resistance against the German invaders was organised. In-between the liberation of Luxembourg and the onset of the German counteroffensive Vianden had been no-man's land. The "Miliz", a local militia, raised and commanded by Vic Abens, was fighting off strong German patrols. On November 19th there was a pitched battle for the control of the town with 250 members of the "Waffen SS", where the patriots managed to throw the German attackers back. The "Miliz" only withdrew from Vianden with the onset of the Battle of the Bulge when they were hopelessly outnumbered.

Our thoughts and our deepest gratitude go to the 30 patriots, who risked their life for the freedom of our country. We only want to single out Léon Roger, who lost his life during the fightings of November 19th.

To the Grand-Duchess Charlotte we express our heartfelt gratitude. "MERCI MADAME"!”