''Enrôlés de Force'' ( lb, Zwangsrekrutéierten, german: Zwangsrekruten) was a

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ish

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political party and

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. It sought to represent the interests of the 12,000 people who had been

conscripted Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...

into the

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during the German occupation of Luxembourg during the

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. The party tried to claim compensation for those conscripted from the government of

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as victims of

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. ''Enrôlés de Force'' won a single seat in the

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at the 1979 legislative election, having won 4.4% of the vote. In office, they lobbied for official recognition from Luxembourg's government that conscripts were victims of Nazi Germany, which was achieved on 12 June 1981: ending a thirty-year national debate. The party dissolved after achieving this success, and its sole

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joined the

Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...

. ''Enrôlés de Force'' was the second party to represent this interest, after the

Popular Independent Movement The Popular Independent Movement (french: Mouvement indépendant populaire), abbreviated to MIP, was a Luxembourgish single-issue political party in the 1960s. It sought to represent the interests of the 12,000 people who had been conscripted into ...

, which had won two seats in the 1964 election.Thewes (2006), p. 160

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