Henri Koch-Kent

Henri Koch-Kent (May 2, 1905, Luxembourg — October 8, 1999) was a Luxembourgish publicist author (in French/German), historian, active in the Luxembourgish Resistance during World War II.

After attending the Athenaeum and the Echternach Gymnasium, he studied law from 1927 to 1935 at the Cours supérieurs in Luxembourg and at the Universities of: Alger, Caen, Toulouse, Paris and Brussels. After his studies he took over the general agency of German companies in Luxembourg. When Hitler came to power, he ended this business activity and became involved in the fight against fascism at the anti-fascist movement early on and by helping to set up a spy network for the French intelligence service.

He became president of the Association générale des étudiants luxembourgeois

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