When you live in the French region called Alsace, you often cross into Germany without giving it a second thought. For a number of workers who commute across the border, it’s even part of their daily routine. People also go there to do their shopping, to attend a concert, for a weekend away, or to seek medical treatment on the other side of the Rhine. This border, whose history has so often been marked by suffering, has, over time, become a place of passage rather than conflict. This is...Lire la suite