 On 2 August 1946, at 5.00 in the morning, Émile Krieps, Lieutenant Robert Winter, Major Rudy Ensch and Lieutenant Jean Juttel, all army officers and members of the Resistance, were arrested by the "Sûreté".They were accused of having planned a coup d'état against the National Union Government under Pierre Dupong.After one day, they were released again by the investigating judge.