02.04.1945 – Munshausen
By an unfortunate twist of fate, several young people from Munshausen came face to face with death on the Brill hill near the “Alen Tipp” (a local landmark). Young H. Spaus, exploring the Alen Tipp, stepped on a mine and was killed.
27.09.1948 – Trotten
TROTTEN: A serious accident occurred here recently when an explosive device detonated. Michel Alff, a 28-year-old bricklayer who lives in the “Trotten barracks,” had stored his motorcycle in a dilapidated building near his home. Around noon, he entered the building, ostensibly to check on his motorcycle. Moments later, a terrible explosion was heard. Several neighbors […]
07.11.1945 – Hinkel
Died while clearing mines.
23.02.1946 – Rullingen
RULLINGEN-WILTZ. When the prisoner Armand Birnbaum, 24 years old, born and residing in Esch a. d. Alzette, who was employed in the local munitions depot, tried to disarm a grenade, the explosive device detonated and tore the unfortunate man to pieces.
08.08.1946 – Knaphoscheid
KNAPHOSCHEID: A terrible accident occurred the day before yesterday, Thursday, in our quiet little mountain village. Three sons of the widow Zahnen stumbled upon an explosive device from the Battle of the Bulge, which they apparently fiddled with, causing it to explode and wreak havoc on the three of them. A five-year-old boy was killed […]
06.07.1945 – Moestroff
Due to an accident: Servais KNEPPER, 06.07.1945 in Moestroff.
18.07.1945 – Oberdonven
OBERDONVEN: In the schoolyard, two boys, aged 5 and 7, found an explosive device under a pile of rubbish and began fiddling with it. Suddenly, it exploded, leaving both boys horribly mutilated. One of the boys was dead within fifteen minutes, while the other died later.
08.08.1945 – Steinheim
He was seriously wounded while clearing mines and later died in Ettelbrück hospital.
23.08.1945 – Steinheim
Died while clearing mines.
01.10.1945 – Eschdorf/Merscheid
ESCHDORF: On Sunday afternoon, a violent explosion occurred while three young boys were handling explosives in a quarry located between Eschdorf and Merscheid. A man tending cattle near the scene of the accident rushed to the scene and found ten-year-old Mathieu and fourteen-year-old Molitor, both from the neighboring village of Neubrasilien, dead. Sixteen-year-old Bettendorf, a […]
