Maurice Stein (gendarme)

Maurice Stein (October 1, 1884, Berg^[1][2][3] - March 7, 1957^[1]) was a Luxembourgish Captain (honorary major^[1]) who headed the Gendarme^[4] and the Volunteer Corps.^[1] He was married to Georgette Schulze.^[3]

Biography

Stein began in the lower ranks of the Volunteer Corps of Luxembourg, which he entered on the 7 of August 1905, before being promoted to Lieutenant on October 18, 1909.^[2] On the 31 of January 1915, Maurice was attached to the Gendarme, and placed issued the position of military district commander for Diekirch.^[2][5]

Stein oversaw the Gendarmes at the time of the German invasion of Luxembourg in 1940.^[6] Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, a series of nine radio outposts were established along the German border, each manned by gendarmes, with a central radio receiver in Captain Stein's official office near the volunteers' Saint-Esprit Barracks in the capital.^[7]