After the takeover of Alsace-Lorraine by the German Empire in 1871, many Alsatians who considered themselves to be Frenchmen moved to the area around Belfort where, in 1872, the Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (Alsatian Mechanical Engineering Company), SACM, was opened.
Other noteworthy parties in the Reichstag of 1912 were the Catholic Centre Party (91), the Conservatives (57), the National Liberals (45) and Progressive People's Party (42), the Poles (18) and the Alsatians (9).
The newspaper was until March 2012 also published in German, although the Alsatian dialect is not a written language for the Alsatians German (about 10% prints).
Matt Lucas as Otto Hill, Harry's neo-nazi twin brother who got separated from Harry when they were younger and was raised by Alsatians.