"La Grande Fuite" est une tude historique rigoureuse consacr e l'un des pisodes les plus marquants de la R volution fran aise en Alsace. En d cembre 1793, alors que les arm es autrichiennes et prussiennes battent en retraite face aux troupes r publicaines, une v ritable panique s'empare de la population du Bas-Rhin. Ce mouvement de masse a vu des dizaines de milliers d'habitants abandonner leurs foyers et traverser le Rhin pour chercher refuge dans les pays germaniques par crainte des repr sailles de la Terreur.
Rodolphe Reuss, historien minent et sp cialiste de la r gion, retrace avec pr cision les causes politiques et sociales de cet exode. travers une analyse document e des archives et des t moignages d' poque, l'auteur illustre les cons quences durables de ce d racinement massif pour la soci t alsacienne. L'ouvrage explore non seulement les aspects militaires de la p riode, mais s'attache galement d crire les conditions de vie des migr s et les complexit s de leur retour ult rieur.
V ritable r f rence pour l'histoire r gionale, "La Grande Fuite" offre un clairage pr cieux sur les tensions identitaires et les bouleversements humains provoqu s par les guerres r volutionnaires aux fronti res de la France.
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