European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse During we ii hotel do vile sign read ral Houi. Strasbourg i one of the great cities of France. But it it really French to the parisian it suggests sauerkraut Stocky blondes and a Telephone directory full of names like Schmul. Weber and timer. To americans stationed in Germany itis part of to Belle France with a flair that is refreshing. Cross the Rhine and you Arcin a different world francs instead of Marks. Chic clothes. Shop windows like those in Paris Cen of and chilled Ries Ling Pernod our Jafes. Actually Strasbourg is not altogether French. The population is largely germanic but the prevailing spirit is and German Are spoken but the it elect and culture Are neither one nor theother. Architecturally there Are old timbered houses that seem to have been lifted out of a German Rhine land setting and palaces whose Conception is Versailles French. La Marseillaise the French National hymn was born Here and the German Gutenberg put the finishing touches on his printing press in Strasbourg. When Ger Many annexed Alsace during world War ii. The housewives of Strasbourg forbid Den to Fly the Tricolour defiantly Hung out Blue Wilto and red quilts. The Strai Bourgeois think of themselves a frenchmen first then europeans for their Hopes for Prosperity and Pence Lien a United Europe. The Choice of this Frontier City us the first Scot of the Council of Europe bolstered these Hopes. And their Hopes needed bolstering. Stras Bourg Hus been tossed from France to Ger Many and Back a gun three times in leu thin a Century it fell in August 1870 inthe Franco prussian War and remained in German hands for 48 years. After the first world War France developed Strasbourg As a urea River port and rail terminal enlarged the University so that it became one of the Moat respected in the inn and gallic Zed the City too hastily perhaps to counter 48 years of German izing. Then for tour years in world a for ii suffered misery find humiliation under the nazis. They were drs Ted into the wehrmacht. They were forbidden to Wear berets. French us removed fro the school curriculum. The word tit hum went up Over the City Hull and hotel Tuovilla cume Down. Stubborn Strasbourg re ofsted every Effort of the Nuti to make it a German City and it lost 7,000 dwellings in bombardments before liberation by Gen crat Leclerc s 2nd div in november 1044. There Are other tics with France that the historian or geographer is Apt to Overlook cuisine. The love sauerkraut to be sure and drink lots of women do washing child play on Tep along Bank at Iii River. No. Dome Cathedra bold gothic bulk and single Pir. Dominate Stab Kytt 12 the stars and stripes
