Hyacinthe, Father, on Alsace and Lorraine. ... April 2, 1871. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 2, 1871, Page 2 Buy Reprints.

ON the east side of the circle of statues to French cities that bounds the Place de la Concorde, the female figure representing Strasbourg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine, for many years sat draped in ...

After France lost the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Germany annexed it. It bounced back to France after World War I. All these centuries as a political shuttlecock have given Alsace a hybrid culture.

One case in point: Alsace-Lorraine, taken from France by Bismarck in 1871 and returned after the victories of Marshal Foch in 1918. Before the end of World War II, ...

The region had been German since 1871, ... Which is why, after the return to France in 1918/1919, a unique set of laws were put in place, which applied to just Alsace and Lorraine.

FATE OF ALSACE-LORRAINE. Share full article. June 8, 1907. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 8, 1907, Page 8 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.