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Bridel (Luxembourgish : Briddel) is a town in the commune of Kopstal, central Luxembourg. As of 2023 [update] , the town has a population of 3,456. [1]
Bridel used to belong to the commune of Steinsel until the law of February 22, 1853, when it became part of Kopstal.
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The National Museumof Resistance and Human Rights is located in the centre of Esch-sur-Alzette in the south-west of Luxembourg. The specially designed building (1956) traces the history of Luxembourg from 1940 to 1945 under the Nazi oppression, through the reactions of the people, until liberation, by photos, objects and works of art. There is also an exhibition of the Nazi concentration camps and the treatment of Luxembourg's Jews.
The Memorial to the Victims of the Shoah was inaugurated on 17 June 2018 in the city of Luxembourg. The monument commemorates the persecution, deportation and murder of native Jews and those who fled to Luxembourg during the National Socialist dictatorship. The 17th of June 2018 was chosen for the inauguration because 75 years earlier, on the 17th of June 1943, the last deportation train with Jews had left Luxembourg, and the location, Boulevard Roosevelt, because the first synagogue of Luxembourg existed nearby.
St Hubert's Church in Bridel is a Catholic church that belongs to the parish of Mamerdall Saint-Christophe, to the deanery of Luxembourg and to the municipality of Kopstal. The foundation stone for the church, dedicated to Saint Hubert, was laid on 9 November 1969. The plans were by Bridel architect René Schmit. It was consecrated on 19 March 1972 by Bishop Jean Hengen.
The Notre-Dame Cemetery in Luxembourgish more commonly the Nikloskierfecht, or "St. Nicholas Graveyard", is located in the Limpertsberg quarter of Luxembourg City. It is the largest of the 14 cemeteries and graveyards managed by the Service Cimetières of the City of Luxembourg.
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