Hollerich in Luxembourg, — Western Europe

Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 5, 2025

1. Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial - French panel

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

(French:)
Villa Pauly
Siège de la Gestapo
1940-1944

Passant, souviens-toi
des résistants torturés
en ces lieux
sous l'occupation nazie

(Luxembourgish:)
Wanns du hei passeiers
dann denk un déi Patrioten
déi ënnert dem Naziterror
an dësem Haus
fir d'Fräiheet an d'Heemecht
gelidden hun

(English translation:)
Villa Pauly
Headquarters of the Gestapo
1940-1944

Passerby, remember the resistance fighters tortured in these places under the Nazi occupation.

If you pass by here, then think of the patriots who suffered under the Nazi terror in this house for freedom and homeland.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 49° 36.361′ N, 6° 7.511′ E. Memorial is in Luxembourg. It is in Hollerich. It is on Boulevard de la Pétrusse, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Boulevard de la Pétrusse 57, Luxembourg 2320, Luxembourg. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Benelux Low Countries,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within walking distance of this marker: Villa Pauly Holocaust Memorial (here, next to this marker); Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Franz Liszt (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Second Synagogue (approx. half a kilometer away); Déi Zweet Synagog / La Seconde Synagogue / The Second Synagogue (approx. half a kilometer away); Kaddish Monument (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Paul Eyschen (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Antoine Meyer (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Luxembourg.

Also see . . . Villa Pauly (Liberation Route Europe). Excerpt:

From 1940 to 1944 the villa was used as the headquarters of the Einsatzkommando der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Gestapo).

All people who showed their opposition and or resistance towards the German policy of annexation of Luxembourg to the German Reich were arrested and brought to the headquarters of the Gestapo to be interrogated. Sometimes they would also be subjected to torture before being sent to prison or concentration camps. The villa’s basement was transformed into prison cells where numerous members of resistance movements were interrogated and tortured.

(Submitted on February 25, 2025.)

Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial - Luxembourgish panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 5, 2025

2. Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial - Luxembourgish panel

Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, February 5, 2025

3. Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial - wide view

Both panels of the memorial are visible here on the left gatepost.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 135 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 25, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.