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[email protected] luxembourg-city.com “ON THE TRACES OF THE FATHER OF EUROPE” Robert Schuman and Luxembourg Robert Schuman was born on 29 June lawyer in Metz. Following the First World 1942), from where he escaped to join 1886 in Luxembourg-Clausen to a father War (in 1918), the annexed part of Lorraine the underground. In 1946, he became hailing from Evrange (a Lorraine village and the Alsace were returned to France, Minister of Finance and in 1947, President close to the Luxembourg border, opposite Robert Schuman thereby becoming a of the Council (Prime Minister). From July Frisange) and a Luxembourg mother born French citizen. He was elected to the 1948 until January 1953, he was Minister in Bettembourg. At home, they spoke Chamber of Deputies in Paris, and was of Foreign Affairs and then from 1958 until Luxembourgish, which thus became re-elected regularly thereafter. As a 1960, President of the European Parlia- Schuman’s mother tongue. It was at the Deputy, he voted full powers to Marshal mentary Assembly in Strasbourg. It was primary school and at the “Kolléisch” Philippe Pétain (July 1940), but imme- during those years that he promoted (Atheneum) that he learned German diately took a distant stance. He was the cause of European unity. He died on and French. After his secondary stud- arrested by the Gestapo (September 4 September 1963 in his house at ies, he studied Law at several universities 1940), and then placed under house Scy-Chazelles, near Metz.