Throughout his life, he advocated for Franco-German rapprochement: The renowned scholar Alfred Grosser passed away at the age of 99 last Wednesday in Paris. „All actors of Franco-German friendship are orphans today. Alfred Grosser was a humanist link between our two countries and a deep source of inspiration,“ wrote the French Ambassador to Germany, François Delattre, on the social network X. Cornelia Woll, President of the Hertie School in Berlin, also wrote on X: „From Frankfurt to Paris, no one has shaped our vision of Franco-German reconciliation as much as he did.“