"An dësem Haus hat d'Famill Wilmes-Patz, bis zur Liberatioun duerch d'Amerikaner, den 12 September 1944, 13 Mingt lang, 3 Refraktären verstoppt.
Et woren dëst den Michel Wilmes, Jung vam Haus, de Wagener Joseph van Héinescht an den François Eberhard aus dem Neiduarref.
Mat dëser Plaquette soll hinnen, an all de Refraktären, a Familjen, di während der Occupatioun Jungen verstoppt haten, gedait jiän.
Gemeng Wäisswampech
CEBA - Cercle d'Etudes sur la Bataille des Ardennes"
During World War II, the Wilmes-Patz family hid not only one of their sons, Michel Wilmes, but also two other draft dodgers: Joseph Wagener, born August 28th, 1924, in Heinerscheid, and François Eberhard, born June 3rd, 1923, in Luxembourg City. The family’s eldest son had joined the Resistance in Belgium, and their daughter, Marguerite Wilmes, helped her parents keep the people in hiding safe from discovery.
One of the draft dodgers hidden in the house, Joseph Tun Wagener, later fought as a volunteer in the first contingent of the Korean War. Among other things, he was motivated by a desire to spare the Koreans the experiences that the Luxembourgers had to endure during World War II.
Begräbnis. In: D’Unio’n, 4. Jg., nº 184 (03.07.1947), p. 3. [Digitised by the National Library of Luxembourg, https://persist.lu/ark:70795/wtwqt6/pages/3/articles/DTL221].
ENDERS, Alice, d'Aweiung van enger Commemoratiouns-Plaque om Haus Wilmes-Patz zu Bréidelt, in: mywort, URL: https://www.mywort.lu/de/mywort/breidfeld/news/d-aweiung-van-enger-commemoratiouns-plaque-om-haus-wilmes-patz-zu-breidelt-5996aa74a5e74263e13c5e88 (Stand: 17.07.2026).
ONS JONGEN A MEEDERCHER, Eberhard François, in: Ons Jongen a Meedercher, URL: http://www.ons-jongen-a-meedercher.lu/archives/personnes/eberhard-francois/documents (Stand: 17.07.2026).
"In this house, the Wilmes-Patz family hid three draft dodgers for 13 months until their liberation by the Americans on September 12th, 1944.
They were Michel Wilmes, the son of the house, Joseph Wagener from Heinerscheid, and François Eberhard from Neudorf.
This plaque is intended to honor them, as well as all draft dodgers and the families who sheltered young people during the occupation.
Municipality of Weiswampach
CEBA - Cercle d'Etudes sur la Bataille des Ardennes"
