Interview with the Director of the Maison Heinrich Heine
The French-German orientation is the common thread of my professional background.
For me, what makes the Cité internationale unique is the principle of mixing.
The house’s practice of living together and the offering of cultural events
A place for living together
Hans-Dieter Lucas took up the role of Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Paris in September 2020. He is the President of the board of directors at the Maison Heinrich Heine and published his doctoral thesis on the European policy of General de Gaulle (L’Europe de l’Atlantique à l’Oural ?, Bouvier 1992). In 2016 Hans-Dieter Lucas was appointed as Knight of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic.