The Alsatian

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The Elsässer (fr .: L 'Alsacien ) was a German-language daily newspaper and appeared in Strasbourg from 1885 to 1935 .

history

The paper, first published on April 2, 1885, was close to political Catholicism , i.e. the Alsace-Lorraine Center Party and, from 1919, the Union populaire républicaine (UPR). Within the UPR, the newspaper was part of the local wing. The circulation of the German-language daily newspaper totaled 44,500 in 1919 and 150,000 copies in 1935 with side editions. The circulation area was Strasbourg and the Lower Alsace .

Press photo of editor-in-chief Thomas Seltz from 1929

Regional editions also appeared in Lorraine :

  • L'echo de Selestat
  • Echo de Wissembourg
  • Echo de Saverne

Journalists (selection)

literature

  • Christian Baechler: Le parti catholique alsacien 1890-1939 du Reichsland à la république jacobine, 1982, ISBN 2-7080-0516-2 , p. 256
  • Karl-Heinz Rothenberger: The Alsace-Lorraine home and autonomy movement between the two world wars, Volume 42 of European University Writings, 2nd edition, 1975, p. 256, snippet view

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