. >> there are tens of thousands of jobs on the german and swiss border as well as in alsace itself. companies expect people here to speak excellent german, and that means french applicants do not get the jobs because their german is not good enough. >> he sends his children to a bilingual school. he tells them about various stereotypical images of germans and why they came about. >> for now, there's a divide here in alsace. on the one hand, there are people like us who have no prejudices who just think it is great to be able to speak french and german. but then there are others who are still very prejudiced about germans. >> under pressure from parental associations, the french government has begun to address the issue. some 25,000 children are now getting intensive german lessons. if the demand grows, the school authorities could run into difficulty. >> there are not enough people who speak german well enough. i'm talking about people who studied it and can speak it fluently. we are at a point where we see fewer students interested in german. >> bilingual schools were not an option