Aloyse Raths

Aloyse Raths (June 5, 1921 in Bissen, Luxembourg – December 17, 2009) was a high member of the Luxembourgish Resistance during World War II.

By profession, Raths was a school teacher. In 1940 he founded the Lëtzebuerger Legio'n (Luxembourg Legion), and co-founded the Letzeburger Vollekslegio'n (Luxembourg People's Legion) in 1941. After the war, he was a member of the Ligue vun de politesche Prisonnéier an Deportéierten or LPPD (League of political prisoners and deportees), the organisation of resistance members after World War II, and editor of their newspaper, Rappel. From 1967 to 2004, he was the president of the CNR, the Conseil national de la résistance. He additionally published many works on the resistance in Luxembourg.

Publications

• Raths, Aloyse: Années néfastes pour le Grand-Duché 1940-1945 – Unheilvolle Jahre für Luxemburg; LPPD / Éditions du Rappel; Print: Imprimerie centrale, January 2009.
• Several of his works on the Luxembourgish resistance were published in Rappel, which he also edited.

Further reading

• Hoffmann, Serge: Le mouvement de résistance LVL au Luxembourg, Archives nationales, 2004, 158 pages. (in French)
• Muller, Carlo: Luxemburg im 2. Weltkrieg, Geschichte für die Primärschule, Luxembourg, 1997. (in German)
• Wehenkel, Henri: "Der Kommissar und der Widerstand". D'Lëtzebuerger d'Land, 13 February 2009. (in German)