Marie Blaise and the Franco-Prussian War
The history of Alsace-Lorraine is turbulent. It is the most German part of France, right up against the German border, and so it is no surprise that German traditions have spilled west into Alsace-Lorraine. My husband’s great-grandmother, Marie Blaise, witnessed the arrival of the German army in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian war. If you look […]
