Alsace-Lorraine; Dr. Haas on Failure to Germanize. ... GERMANY'S, BUT NOT GERMAN; Alsace and Lorraine Remain French in Spirit and in Inclination. Share full article. Feb. 3, 1896.

Not only Alsace-Lorraine, but the whole world in this ideal sense shall be German.’ ‘War’ says a leading Alsatian, ‘is the worst possible solution of our problems, because war is no solution.

THE French Government at Vichy did not have the power to prevent the German Government from virtually annexing Alsace and Lorraine. Without even going through the pretense of organizing a plebiscite, ...

The war did not break out over Alsace-Lorraine, but nothing is more certain than that the brutal treatment of which France was the victim, at Germany’s hands, in 1871, had had its influence on ...

"During the 50 years of being German, Alsace and Lorraine changed, and even if they agreed to become French, they also wanted to keep their identity, their institutions, traditions and local laws." ...

In France, the towns of Alsace-Lorraine along the border with Germany have been known since the Middle Ages for glassmaking, attracting such names as Galle, Lalique and the maker of Baccarat.

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 ...