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Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine in 1871 after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. The administration of the province was difficult, since the local population resented being incorporated into Germany. The conflict between civilians and Prussian military authorities culminated in the so-called Zabern Affair of 1913. powerless Alsatian citizens and a larger-than-life Prussian officer, scoops up frightened villagers.
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Germany annexed Alsace-Lorraine in 1871 after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. The administration of the province was difficult, since the local population resented being incorporated into Germany. The conflict between civilians and Prussian military authorities culminated in the so-called Zabern Affair of 1913. powerless Alsatian citizens and a larger-than-life Prussian officer, scoops up frightened villagers.
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Image size:
2400 x 3768 px | 25.9 MB
Print size:
20.3 x 31.9 cm | 8.0 x 12.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1871 • 1913 • ADMINISTRATION • AFFAIR • ALSACE LORRAINE • ALSACE-LORRAINE • ALSATIAN • ANNEXED • AUTHORITIES • AUTHORITY (INSTITUTION) • BEING • BETWEEN • CITIZENS • CIVIL SERVANT • CIVILIANS • CONFLICT • CULMINATED • DEFEAT • DIFFICULT • FRANCO-PRUSSIAN • FRENCH • FRIGHT • FRIGHTENED • GERMANY • GOVERNMENT • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • INCORPORATED • INTO • LARGER-THAN-LIFE • LOCAL • OFFICER • OFFICERS • OFFICIAL • POPULATION • POWERLESS • PROVINCE • PRUSSIAN • RESENTED • SCANDAL • SCARED • SCOOPS • SINCE • SO-CALLED • VILLAGE INHABITANTS • VILLAGER • VILLAGERS • WAR • WARFARE • WARS • ZABERN
