Sick and weak but made of steel: Luxembourgian open-air schools and other responses to the spread of tuberculosis at the beginning of the 20th century

The first decades of the twentieth century in Luxembourg were marked by societal changes connected to the expanding steel and mining industries. As elsewhere in Europe, industrialization resulted in higher rates of immigration and a lack of adequate living conditions. Contemporaries regarded these industrialization and urbanization issues as key causes for the rapid spread of tuberculosis. The pioneers of the Luxembourgian steel company ARBED (Aciéries Réunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange) then started to play a significant role in society by financing tuberculosis prevention initiatives such as... Mehr ...