Maurice Stein (October 1, 1884, Berg[1][2][3] - March 7, 1957[1]) was a Luxembourgish Captain (honorary major[1]) who headed the Gendarme[4] and the Volunteer Corps.[1] He was married to Georgette Schulze.[3]

Biography

Stein began in the lower ranks of the Volunteer Corps of Luxembourg, which he entered on the 7 of August 1905, before being promoted to Lieutenant on October 18, 1909.[2] On the 31 of January 1915, Maurice was attached to the Gendarme, and placed issued the position of military district commander for Diekirch.[2][5]

Stein oversaw the Gendarmes at the time of the German invasion of Luxembourg in 1940.[6] Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, a series of nine radio outposts were established along the German border, each manned by gendarmes, with a central radio receiver in Captain Stein's official office near the volunteers' Saint-Esprit Barracks in the capital.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Imprimerie de la Cour Victor Buck. 1949.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bulletin".
  3. 1 2 "CSV Dikrich | SVQ_154 Patton @ Diekirch". CSV Dikrich (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ↑ Vanwelkenhuyzen, Jean (1982). Les avertissements qui venaient de Berlin, 9 octobre 1939-10 mai 1940 (in French). Duculot. ISBN 978-2-8011-0389-0.
  5. ↑ Campion, Jonas; López, Laurent; Payen, Guillaume (2019-11-08). European Police Forces and Law Enforcement in the First World War. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-26102-3.
  6. ↑ Artuso, Vincent (9 February 2015). "LA « QUESTION JUIVE » AU LUXEMBOURG (1933-1941) L'ETAT LUXEMBOURGEOIS FACE AUX PERSECUTIONS ANTISEMITES NAZIES" (PDF). Le Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (in French). University of Luxembourg. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Belgium. Vol. 1. Belgian Press Association, Incorporated. 1941. OCLC 2258244.


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