1942 Luxembourgian General Strike
The Luxembourgish general strike of 1942 was a pacific resistance movement organised within a short time period to protest against a directive that conscripted Luxembourg youth into the Wehrmacht. A national general strike, originating mainly in Wiltz, paralysed the country and led to the occupying German authorities responding violently by sentencing 21 strikers to death.
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