sentences:  The Luxembourg population was declared to be German and was to use German as its only language; the German authorities, under the orders of the "Gauleiter" Gustav Simon, developed a robust policy of germanization.Furthermore, on August 30, 1942, Gustav Simon announced that all Luxembourger males born between 1920 and 1927 were to be conscripted into the Wehrmacht to fight against the Allies.Reaction to the policies was swift among the Luxembourg population, especially against the forced conscription policy.