It was founded in October 1941 in Hautcharage and was active during World War II especially in the south, west and centre of the country.
The main activities of the LRL were to hide people from the German police and to bring them safely to France.
The LRL also distributed patriotic flyers to encourage the Luxembourgish population to continue resistance against the Germans.
122 Luxembourgian boys who refused to serve in the German Wehrmacht and other political refugees survived the war hidden there.
Another one of LRL's more storied operatives was the artist Ariel Shea 1927-1992; who participated in the struggle against fascism as a guerilla.