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...Dilemma. In his desperation, Deputy Galle called in the only Frenchman who could save the hostages-an Alsatian collaborator with the Nazis-Edouard Schneider. Edouard had no scruples. Once the employe of Andre Galle, he had become a rich newspaper proprietor. It amused sardonic Edouard to protect the family of his old Socialist employer from his Nazi friends...
Loeffler: A Pagan Poem (Eastman-Rochester Symphony conducted by Howard Hanson; Victor; 6 sides). A tireless champion of U.S. composers turns here to an adopted son: bearded, Alsatian-born Charles Martin Loeffler, the Boston Symphony's assistant concertmaster for 19 years. Loeffler's Debussylike masterpiece is played with shrewd feeling for climax...
...Germans, the world is fond of remembering, are a thoroughgoing people. In the Alsatian town of Zabern in 1918 some Frenchmen planted a tree to grow as a symbol of the return of Alsace to France. Up to this tree last week marched Hitler Youth Leader Wilde, followed by a bevy of apple-cheeked youths with axes and drums. "For Germany this tree is a symbol of slavery and oppression," cried Leader Wilde. "Now the tree must fall." Drums rolled. Axes fell. Down came the tree. Hitler youths tore its roots out of the earth and marched away shouting "Sieg...
That morning it was quite late before Franz started for school. When he got there he was surprised to see the elders of his Alsatian village gathered in the classroom. M. Hamel, teacher for 40 years, was in his Sunday green frock coat. "My children," he said, "this is the last day I shall teach you. The order has come from Berlin that henceforth in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine all instructions shall be in the German tongue only...
...German became the official language, German postage stamps were introduced, a customs union with the Reich was established, the picturesque Esplanade in Metz became Platz des Führers, Mulhouse's Neuquartierplatz became Reichsmarschal Göring-Platz, posters went up depicting a gentle Nazi caressing a forsaken Alsatian child...