Luxembourg: A Young Girl's Memories Of The Second World War

n Luxembourg, the idea of Literature began in the 14th century (“Luxembourg”). At first, poems were the only literature written in Luxembourg until around the 20th century when Novels, short stories, and plays made their debut (“Luxembourg”). This turn of the century event led to many great books, collections of poems, and famous authors.
The first book to ever be written in Luxembourg is called “Codex Mariendalensis” which is an epic poem written by Hermann of Veldenz (“Codex”). The poem itself was written in 1320 and describes the life of a countess named Yolanda of Vianden in rhyming couplets (“Codex”). Another famous book written by a Luxembourg author Milly Thill is called “Milly’s Story: A Young Girl’s Memories of the Second World War” (Milly’s Story). This book is an autobiography of Milly herself and describes the events she witnessed from ages 10-15 when the Nazis occupied Luxembourg …show more content…
The poem centers around a war going on in Europe in which children were being taken and forced to fight in the war (“Negritude”). This poem is very significant because it was written during the Negritude Movement (“Negritude”). The Negritude Movement was a movement that was about others finally accepting blacks. Another very famous poem is actually a collection of six poems written by Luxembourg Mathematician and poetry writer Antoine Meyer (“Luxembourg Literature”). The poems as a whole are entitled E’ Schrek ob de’ Lezeburger Parnassus (A Step up the Luxembourg Parnassus), but each individual poem has a title as well (“Luxembourg Literature”). Even more interesting Meyer’s collection of poems was the first published book in Luxembourgish (“Luxembourg Literature”). On top of having many famous books and poems composed about and written Luxembourg, some famous authors have even come from