Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg

City Archives of Luxembourg

Archives Municipales

Address

42 Place Guillaume II
Luxembourg
L-2090
Luxembourg

Phone

+352 4796-4130

Fax

+352 4736-53

Email

archives-municipales@vdl.lu

Web

https://www.vdl.lu/fr/la-ville/les-services-a-votre-ecoute/archives-municipales
https://www.vdl.lu/fr/la-ville/en-bref/archives-municipales

Archival and Other Holdings

The City Archives of Luxembourg hold the city administration archives, the civil administration records, and the historical fonds.

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

An online finding aid can be found here:

http://www.archives-vdl.findbuch.net

Opening Times

The City Archives of Luxembourg are open from Monday to Friday by appointment only.

Conditions of Access

It is free to consult the collections of the City Archives.

Dates of Creation and Deletion

13 September 2013, VV

Sources

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Displaying items 1 to 11 of 11

Shoah in Luxemburg
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU - OS - Ons Stad
- English
- Updated 1 decade ago
Issue of "Ons Stad" 71/2002 has an article on the Jews in Luxembourg.
Die Alte Synagoge
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU - T - Télécran
- English
- Updated 1 decade ago
The journal Télécran's issue 24/2012 has in the article "Zeitreise mit der Kamera" illustrations of the old synagogue building in 1940 and in 2012
Inauguration Maison des Juifs - "Jüdisches Volkshaus"
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/3 - 15
- English
- 1935
- Updated 1 decade ago
Applications for obtaining permission to build/construct
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/3 - 286
- English, French
- 1934-1935
- not given in online description
- Updated 1 decade ago
The bulk of this file contains requests for the construction of residential homes, changes of private buildings into corporate buildings (among others from Ditsch-Printz, Liebermann & Hertz, Sternberg, and Heintz von Landewyck). The file also contains a report of the economic situation of the city and country's movie theaters (letter of 12/01/1934) with racist remarks against Jews.
Villa Levy - 257, route d'Arlon
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/3 - 446
- English
- 1940-1950
- not given in the online description
- Updated 1 decade ago
This file contains documents concerning the challenging of the sale of the property to the City of Luxembourg by the company Alfred Levy & Co. in 1940. Documents include the contract of sale, the statement of accounts (balance sheet, results) of Levy & Co. in 1940, documents of the lawyers Thorn and Bonn, The April 7 judgment in favor of the City of Luxembourg
Villa Levy - 257, route d'Arlon
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/3 - 447
- English
- 1948-1953
- not given in the online description
- Updated 1 decade ago
This collection contains the following files concerning the challenging of the sale of the Alfred Levy & Co. property to the City of Luxembourg in 1940: - Appeal against the judgment of 7 April 1948 - Notice of Appeal and adjournment - Question on the start of the special measures against the Jews - Appointment of Hengst - Testimony of Hengst concerning the acquisition of the Levy home - Civil Judgment in favour of Levy rendering the purchase of 08.30.1940 null and void (31.07.1950) - Cassation against the civil judgment of 31 July 1950 - Belgian Legation tenant Villa Levy - Supreme Cou...
Enseignement
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/3 - 593
- English
- 1935-1937
- No information given in the online finding aid
- Updated 1 decade ago
This collection is part of the Modern Archives (1795-2006) of the City Archives of Luxembourg. It is classified under Central Administration (LU - 1 Administration Centrale), General Secretary (LU - 11 Secrétariat Général). This file contains information on education and more specifically information concerning the admission of children of foreign nationality of whom the parents are domiciled abroad (Jews).
Worship
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 11 - IV/4 - 1518
- English, French
- 1945-1963
- not given in online description
- Updated 1 decade ago
This collection is part of the Modern Archives (1795-2006) of the City Archives of Luxembourg. It is classified under Central Administration (LU - 1 Administration Centrale), General Secretary (LU - 11 Secrétariat Général). The collection contains documents pertaining to the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish religious communities. It contains among other things papers from the Jewish consistory concerning the appointment of Joseph Kratzenstein and Charles Lehrmann as rabbis, and the allowance for the prayer house after the demolition of the synagogue.
Arrivés 1933 – 1941 ; Départ Etrangers 1938 – 1941
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 34.4.2
- English
- 1933-1941
- Updated 1 decade ago
These files contain the administrative files on foreigners registering in or leaving from the city of Luxembourg.
Ecole, inscriptions, Relevés des élèves 1940 – 1944
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- LU 41.2.1
- English
- 1940-1944
- Updated 1 decade ago
This collection contains materials on Jewish school children in Luxembourg city.
Fichier du service de la population de la période de l’occupation avec information sur les déportés 1940 – 1944
- Archives de la Ville de Luxembourg
- no reference number
- English
- 1940-1944
- Updated 1 decade ago
This collection contains materials from the administrative department of the city of Luxembourg concerning the deported citizens 1940-1944.