Researchers at the University of Luxembourg launched a new project on Wednesday, led by Denis Scuto, on the attitude and policy of administrative authorities in Luxembourg against Jews before, during and after World War II.
Project director and assistant professor of contemporary history at the University, Denis Scuto, and scientific collaborator, Vincent Artuso, presented the new research project at the Masion des Sciences Humaines at the academic institution's Belval campus.
"The project will analyse the continuities and ruptures in the policy of state administrative authorities such as the government, parliament, justice, ministries, police and local authorities before, during and after World War II," explained Denis Scuto of the objectives of the research group.
The research will draw on a report by Artuso published in 2015, delving into the cooperation of Luxembourg authorities with German occupying forces during the second World War regarding the persecution of Jews.
The historians will further study how the attitude and policy towards the Jewish population evolved in Luxembourg in the wake of the war, reflected for example in how the government and administration treated requests from Jews to return to Luxembourg, if Jews expropriated during the war were compensated and if the collaboration in the crimes committed against the Jews was subjected to criminal proceedings in trial in the context of the administrative purge following the Occupation.
