Reims on Fire: War and Reconciliation Between France and Germany

by Thomas W. Gaehtgens

As the site of royal coronations, Reims cathedral was a monument to French national history and identity. But after German troops bombed the cathedral during World War I, it took on new meaning. The French reimagined it as a martyr of civilization, as the rupture between the warring states. Despite a history of mutual respect, the bombing of the cathedral caused all social, scientific, artistic, and cultural ties between Germany and France to be severed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160606570X
• ISBN13: 9781606065709
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 8.9"