Excerpt from Colette Baudoche: Histoire d'une Jeune Fille de Metz As a child Barres saw the Prussian invasion of France, and also the endless processions of those who, in 1871 and 1872, left Alsace - Lorraine rather than come under the yoke of their traditional enemy. These sad scenes left a deep and indelible impression on his mind, and explain to a certain extent his attitude towards Germany throughout his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...
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Excerpt from Colette Baudoche: Histoire d'une Jeune Fille de Metz As a child Barres saw the Prussian invasion of France, and also the endless processions of those who, in 1871 and 1872, left Alsace - Lorraine rather than come under the yoke of their traditional enemy. These sad scenes left a deep and indelible impression on his mind, and explain to a certain extent his attitude towards Germany throughout his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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