Maurice Stein (October 1, 1884, Berg - March 7, 1957) was a Luxembourgish Captain (honorary major) who headed the Gendarme and the Volunteer Corps. He was married to Georgette Schulze.
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. On the 31 of January 1915, Maurice was attached to the Gendarme, and placed issued the position of military district commander for Diekirch.
Stein oversaw the Gendarmes at the time of the German invasion of Luxembourg in 1940. 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.
References
- ^ Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Imprimerie de la Cour Victor Buck. 1949.
- ^ "Bulletin".
- ^ "CSV Dikrich | SVQ_154 Patton @ Diekirch". CSV Dikrich (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- Vanwelkenhuyzen, Jean (1982). Les avertissements qui venaient de Berlin, 9 octobre 1939-10 mai 1940 (in French). Duculot. ISBN 978-2-8011-0389-0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Belgium. Vol. 1. Belgian Press Association, Incorporated. 1941. OCLC 2258244.
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