1940, the highest such loss in Western Europe. Additionally, 18,658 buildings were destroyed or heavily damaged, counting for 1/3 of all buildings in Luxembourg (affecting 39% the population). These numbers put into perspective how high the losses of Luxembourg actually were during World War II. (Most of the damages occurred during the Battle of the Bulge.) Legacy The government-in-exile in 1941 declared all measures by the German occupiers to be null and void, which it re-affirmed in 1944. However, it also stated that "[n]ot all is bad in the German system, we would do well to conserve some of the institutions that they have introduced." Hence, when the exiled government returned, it retained certain German regulations and dispositions in the areas of employment law, tax law and social legislation. After the war the organisation "Ons Jongen" ("Our Boys") was formed to represent Luxembourgish conscripts into the Wehrmacht. The 10,000 affected young men and their families constituted a significant force in a country of around 300,000 inhabitants; they lobbied both the Luxembourgish government and the Federal Republic of Germany; later, they were represented by the "Federation of Victims of Nazism Forcibly Conscripted". Apart from lobbying, the organisation also undertook commemorative work. It almost certainly contributed to slowing the normalisation of Germano-Luxembourgish relations. The Centre for Documentation and Research on the Resistance and the Centre for Documentation and Research on forced Conscription were founded in 2002 and 2005, respectively, to conduct research on the period of German occupation. They are funded by the government. The German occupation period features in the following drama films: Déi zwéi vum Bierg (1985), Der neunte Tag (2004), Réfractaire (2009), and Emil (2010); it is also the subject of the 2004 documentary Heim ins Reich. Several street names in the capital city are named after World War II events in Luxembourg, or pay tribute to Allied military or political leaders in the war, especially those that had a hand in the liberation of Luxembourg: Allée des Résistants et des Déportés Avenue Charles-de-Gaulle Avenue du Dix-Septembre Boulevard d'Avranches Boulevard Franklin-D.-Roosevelt Boulevard Général-George-S.-Patton Rue de la Grève Place des Martyrs Rue du Plébiscite Rue General-Major-Lunsford-E.-Oliver Rue George-C.-Marshall See also Luxembourg in World War II Battle of Vianden 1942 Luxembourgish general strike Luxembourgish government-in-exile Areas annexed by Nazi Germany Battle of Belgium Battle of the Netherlands National Museum of Military History (Luxembourg) German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I