Aloyse Raths

Who was Aloyse Raths?

Aloyse Raths 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, and co-founded the Letzeburger Vollekslegio'n in 1941. After the war, he was a member of the Ligue vun de politesche Prisonnéier an Deportéierten or LPPD, 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.