02.01.1919 – Esch-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette, January 4. Three university students and three primary school children were seriously injured by a hand grenade that exploded on Monday on Luxembourg Street. After receiving emergency bandages at the Brill School’s infirmary, they were transported in an American car to the large military hospital in Briey. One of the injured, eleven-year-old Wehrer, succumbed […]
18.03.1945 – Nocher
Nocher: Robert SOETHOUDT and Nicolas SOETHOUDT, while others were playing with hand grenades, were hit by shrapnel.
16.10.1946 – Ulflingen
GEIBEN Jängel bei Arbeiten im Wassergraben der Straße schlug er mit der Picke auf den Zünder einer Kugel, die losging und ihn tödlich in der Augenhöhle traf. ULFLINGEN: Der 54-jährige Geiben aus unserer Ortschaft verunglückte vorgestern Nachmittag kurz nach ein Uhr, als er in einem Straßengraben arbeitete, wobei er sich einer Hacke bediente. Mit der […]
07.03.1948 – Ehlerange
EHLERINGEN: Yesterday evening, eight children aged 2 to 16 were playing their usual games here. They suddenly came across a hand grenade, left behind among other wartime debris. The oldest child grabbed it, fiddled with it, and then threw it away. A few seconds later, the dangerous explosive device detonated with a loud bang. All […]
15.04.1948 – Mecher
MECHER: On Thursday morning, the local municipal tax collector, Mr. Jean Lutgen, was the victim of a tragic accident. He had been trimming a hedge along the road and was about to burn the resulting debris when a terrible explosion rang out. A fragment of a hand grenade, which had been covered with some soil […]
15.07.1945 – Nocher
NOCHER: On Saturday afternoon, 12-year-old Marcel Gillen was handling a hand grenade here. Suddenly, the grenade exploded, killing the boy instantly. A woman who was nearby was seriously injured in the back by shrapnel. (Anna Schanck-Brachmond)
07.09.1945 – Nocher
Marcel Gillen, 11 years old, born July 15, 1945, was playing with a hand grenade. He was killed, and Anna Schanck-Brachmond was also hit. She died on September 7, 1945.
13.05.1945 – Consthum
Eleven-year-old THEVES Michel from Holzthum lost his young life in mid-May 1945 due to exploding ammunition.
16.06.1945 – Bettendorf
BETTENDORF: The danger from landmines seems to have been eliminated, but unexploded ordnance and hand grenades are still being found everywhere. Thus, one of our best boys, Jean Tholl, who had escaped the Russian front and the Gestapo pursuers unscathed, was violently torn from his hopeful life on Saturday. He found a hand grenade, which […]
13.03.1945 – Landscheid
Following the offensive, Nik Antony, née Anna Majery, 34 years old, from Landscheid, died from the explosion of a hand grenade.
