Alfred Grosser, a German-French journalist, sociologist and political scientist renowned for his contributions to rebuilding relations between the two countries following World War II, is dead. He was 99 years old. His son, Pierre Grosser, announced on Thursday his father’s death the previous day in Paris. Grosser’s numerous books helped explain Germany to French readers, and France to German readers. He received numerous prominent awards for his work, including Germany’s Grand Cross of the Order of Merit and France’s Grand Officer of the Légion d’Honneur. He is credited as one of the intellec…