National Monument of the Solidarity
Where? Plateau du Saint-Esprit, L-1475 Luxembourg
Inaugurated in October 1971 the “National Monument of Luxembourg solidarity”, called Kanounenhiwwel (mound of canons) by the locals, is the central place for national commemorations of all the victims of World War II, underlining the solidarity that Luxembourgers showed during the dark years of Nazi occupation.
The idea was to put this monument under the motto of the national solidarity that had permitted the Luxembourgers to resist the German plans to annex Luxembourg to Nazi Germany.
On 10 October 1971, 30th anniversary of the socalled referendum by which the Luxembourgers had demonstrated their will to stay an independent and free country, the inauguration took place.
Inside the monument the following inscription can be read:
D’Hémecht hiren Doudegen 1940-1945 (The fatherland to its dead 1940-1945).
