
My Alsace
Alsace is a region in the east of today’s France that has changed hands four times between France and Germany during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. When Hansi (born Jean-Jacques Waltz) was born in 1873, it had been two years since the Prussian army marched into Alsace, and the province remained under German annexation until the end of World War I. Hansi recalled his years at the German s...
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Floris Books (November 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 086315767X
ISBN-13: 978-0863157677
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 11.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 2380858
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“At the conclusion of the Franco Prussian War (1870-71), the German speaking region of Alsace was transferred from France to the new German nation. To the great surprise of the Germans, the Alsatians had no interest in joining the new German state. ...”
hool in Colmar as among the worst of his life. Above all, he hated the history lessons, in which the teacher forced the French students to learn about Prussian conquests and the defeat and humiliation of French Alsace.In 1912, Hansi decided to write his own history of Alsace for children. He wanted to show them how much pride they could have in their past and to hear the story from their own side.The first edition was published in Paris with great success. However, because of its satirical gibes at all things German, Hansi was given a heavy fine and a warning from the German authorities in Colmar. Soon after, he was sentenced to a year in prison for “insulting the German officer corps.”The present book is a hand-picked selection from L’Histoire d’Alsace and L’Alsace Heureuse by Hansi. It is full of his trademark colorful and detailed pictures of Alsatian life, as well as his critical and humorous portrayals of the occupying Germans.(Ages 8–101)
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