A Visit of Commissioner Andre Wolff in the Devastated Country of Luxembourg 1945

Audio-visual document on Commissioner Andre Wolff. He travelled with his wife to the devastated regions of the north of the Grand Duchy in 1945. Children in the courtyard of a farm, a peasant with a cart. The girls do rounds under the eyes of Mr. Wolff and his wife. Ardenese landscapes. A ‘Kehman’ sign (it’s a mistake, it should be Kehmen!). A boy walks on a road, we see the damage in the village. A house in reconstruction near barracks. Houses and the church of Kehmen in ruins. In the church, Mr. Wolff contemplates damaged works of art. A peasant on a harrow (?) pulled by two horses. Mr. Wolff greets an old woman and a little girl in a makeshift hut. A man saws a piece of wood. A little boy plays with a pliers and a hammer. A family poses (with a horse) for the camera in front of his damaged house. A tank abandoned in front of a house in ruins. A chapel in ruins. Men are working on reconstruction. Damaged houses including the Welter-Heinen café-restaurant. Rubble. Another damaged church (outside and interior). View of the cemetery destroyed. Destroyed houses including the Hotel Schmitz and Café zur Post. Inscriptions on destroyed houses ("Roude Leiw... “and "Press..."). Other houses destroyed. Mr. and Mrs Wolff pose with the inhabitants of a destroyed house. A church and a cemetery in ruins. It’s a calvary. Villagers pose in a destroyed church. A woman passes with a can of milk. A destroyed bridge (Moselle?). Miscellaneous activities, road repair, A sign indicating directions for Luxembourg and for “Trier and Germany”. Houses in ruins. Workers are working on clearing a house. A broken church. A woman tends crucifixes to a nun at the door of a school. Young boys come out of school with their cartables. The girls go out in turn. The parish priest with the girls who knit (?) in the street. The screamer reads a notice to the public. A church destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Wolff with the parish priest. Destruction in Echternach. A soldier. The dance procession. The houses are damaged. The Dënzelt.