The devastation of war
A long-standing bone of contention between France and Germany, Alsace has all too often been the site of devastating conflicts that have left it heavily scarred. Huge cemeteries with endless rows of white crosses and the ruins of buildings punctuate the landscape of post-war Alsace.
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Strasbourg Cathedral
1946
France, Alsace, Lower Rhine, Strasbourg, Place Gutemberg
Study, gouache, on Canson paper
Credit: Frédéric Back
Credit: Frédéric Back
