National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights

At the initiative of the local section of LPPD (Ligue of political prisoners and deportees), the city of Esch decided to create a  Museum of the Resistance. This is located in the middle of a new construction in Brill square. In the centre,  to be a Memorial for the victims of the Second World War, the Museum was created.

From a local project it was then enlarged and the Museum  document the ‘Resistance’ of all Luxembourgers against Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1945.

Survivors from the concentration camps gave testimonies and brought objects, photos and documents related to the resistance.

In the 1980’s, young historians started  refurbishment  of the museum. This was to create  a more objective view of  resistance.

This goal was  criticised and rejected by former members of the resistance who claimed that they alone should decide about the content of the museum. Resistance was seen as an apolitical, - anti German movement of solidarity.

From 2008 on a fundamental restoration and reinterpretation was undertaken, enlarging the chronological frame 1930-1945 including international subjects as the Spanish civil war and also adding the subject Human rights today.

The re-opening was March 2024.