RTL Today - Luxembourg History Podcast

Today, we're looking at some of the lesser-known aspects of Luxembourgish history and culture. We'll start off with an investigation of folk dancing in the Grand Duchy, before finding out about Luxembourg's one-time calendar.

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S2.8: Women's suffrage and Luxembourg's feminist pioneers, 22/07/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022

Today, we're taking a belated look at Luxembourg's female political pioneers. We'll investigate how the Grand Duchy's women secured the right to vote in the aftermath of the First World War, before turning to examine the lives of the country's first female deputy and its first female minister.

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S2.7: The Schueberfouer and the legacy of John the Blind, 15/07/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022

Today, we're looking at one of Luxemborug's most important historical figures, and the tradition he created which has continued to this day. We'll explore John the Blind's life and how he became mythologised as a national hero, before turning to the history of the Schueberfouer down to the present day.

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S2.6: Fables in the Grand Duchy - Renert and D'Maus Kätti, 08/07/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022

Did you know that Luxembourg has a rich tradition of fables and fairy tales? Today, we're delving into two of Luxembourg's most famous literary works: Michel Rodange's Renert, and D'Maus Kätti by August Liesch. We'll explore the stories they tell, the meanings behind them and the impact they have had on the development of Luxembourg's cultural scene.

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S2.5: Luxembourg at the Olympics, part 2, 01/07/2022 07:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022

Today, we're concluding our look the history of Luxembourg's participation at the Olympic Games. We'll cover the exploits of the most successful Olympic artist of all time, the unknown story of Mary Meyers, and Luxembourg's participation in a competition perhaps more suited to its size – the Games of the Small States of Europe.

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S2.4: Luxembourg at the Olympics, part one, 24/06/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022

Today, it's the first episode of a double-header exploring the history of Luxembourg's participation at the Olympic Games from 1900 to the modern day. To kick things off, we'll be looking at a Luxembourger who won the marathon at the Paris 1900 Olympics; the life of Josy Barthel, arguably the Grand Duchy's most famous athlete; and a naturalised Luxembourger who almost, but never quite, won gold at the Winter Olympics.

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S2.3: Loschbour Man - The First Luxembourger, 17/06/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022

Today, we're going to recount the tale of Loschbour Man, the oldest human skeleton ever discovered in the Grand Duchy. We're going back deep in time – around 8,000 years, to be precise – to a time when humans were on the brink of a new age, and the first documented Luxembourger would be tragically left behind.

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S2.2: The mysterious death of Luxembourg's Nazi leader, 10/06/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022

Today, in the second episode of our double-header on Nazi Gauleiter Gustav Simon, we're going to try to shed new light on his mysterious death. Now in case you missed it, last week we investigated the remarkable tale of Captain Hanns Alexander, a Jewish refugee from Berlin in the service of the British Army, and his hunt through occupied Germany in December 1945 for the hidden war criminal Gustav Simon. Today, we conclude this fascinating story with a deeper look at Captain Alexander's role in Simon's alleged suicide in a German prison.

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S2.1: The hunt for Luxembourg's escaped Nazi leader, 03/06/2022 12:54

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022

The Luxembourg History Podcast is back with a bang! Today, we're kicking things off with the first episode of a double-header looking at the remarkable tale of the capture and mysterious death of the former Nazi Gauleiter of Luxembourg, Gustav Simon, in the winter of 1945. In this episode, we'll start off with the dramatic investigation that led to British Captain Hanns Alexander's discovery of Simon near Paderborn in December 1945.

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S2.1: The hunt for Luxembourg's escaped Nazi leader, 03/06/2022 06:00

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022

The Luxembourg History Podcast is back with a bang! Today, we're kicking things off with the first episode of a double-header looking at the remarkable tale of the capture and mysterious death of the former Nazi Gauleiter of Luxembourg, Gustav Simon, in the winter of 1945. In this episode, we'll start off with the dramatic investigation that led to British Captain Hanns Alexander's discovery of Simon near Paderborn in December 1945.

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Episode 18 - Luxembourg in medieval times, 16/03/2021 09:15

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021

Today, we’re concluding our long-running focus on Luxembourg before the Grand Duchy.

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Episode 17 - The incompetent and inbred Habsburgs, 09/03/2021 12:23

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021

Here at the Luxembourg History Podcast, we never want to upset you... but welcome to the penultimate episode of our first series.

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Episode 16 - Fortress Luxembourg, Gibraltar of the North, 02/03/2021 12:45

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021

The nickname 'Gibraltar of the North' doesn't sound all that impressive these days, but back in the 18th century...

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Episode 15 - When Luxembourg ruled Europe, 24/02/2021 12:30

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021

Anyone else like the sound of Luxembourg ruling Europe? At the LHP, we certainly do.

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