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Fünfbrunnen ( German ) Pafemillen ( lux. ) Cinqfontaines ( French ) Wintger municipality
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| Coordinates : | 50 ° 6 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E | |
| Postal code : | 9902 | |
Location of Fünfbrunnen in Luxembourg
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 Monastery of Fünfbrunnen
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Fünfbrunnen ( Luxembourgish Pafemillen , French Cinqfontaines ) is a town in the Luxembourg municipality of Wintger not far from Ulflingen . Apart from a monastery, the village consists of only a few buildings.
It became known as the only place of internment for Jews in the German- occupied Luxembourg. From 1941 to 1943 the Jewish old people's home in Fünfbrunnen was housed in the monastery, the name of which was actually a collection camp for deportations to the concentration and extermination camps . On the grounds of the Fünfbrunnen Monastery today, a memorial and an information board commemorate the deportation and murder of Luxembourg's Jews.
During and after the Second World War , the monastery housed a US military hospital .
literature
- Andreas Pflock: On forgotten tracks. A guide to memorials in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg . 1st edition. bpb Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2006.
Web links
Commons : Fünfbrunnen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
