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expellees from the eastern annexed territories in the Saar protectorate or the French zone. However, native
Sarrois returning from Nazi-imposed removals (e.g. political and Jewish refugees) and war-related relocations (e.g. evacuation from air raids) were allowed to return to the areas under French control. France aimed at winning over the Saar population for a future annexation.
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French officials deported a total of 1,820 people from the Saar in 1946 and 1947, most of whom ultimately were allowed to return. However, France had not agreed to the expulsions approved (without input from France) in the
Potsdam agreement by the Allies, so France refused to accept war refugees or
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mandate which stationed League of
Nations troops from Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom in the Saar until 1935. The Saar's coal industry, the dominant industry in the region at the time, was nationalized and directly administered by France, in compensation for the destruction of French mines by
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In July 1945, two months after World War II had ended in Europe, the Allied forces were redeploying from the areas they had conquered into their respective zones of occupation. On 10 July 1945, US forces left the Saar, and French troops established their occupational administration. On 16 February
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held in the territory at the end of the 15-year term, resulted in 90.7% of voters casting their ballot in favour of a return to
Germany, and 0.4% voting for union with France. Others (8.9%) favoured the third option of a continued BritishâFrench occupation government. After political agitation and
988:(a new state established on 30 August 1946 in the French zone), 61 municipalities returned to Germany, while 13 other municipalities were ceded to the Saar Protectorate between 8 June 1947 and 1949, followed by one further Palatine municipality incorporated into the Saar in the latter year.
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within the French zone were added to the Saar
Protectorate. By 18 December 1946 customs controls were established between the Saar and allied occupied Germany. By further territorial redeployments between the Saar Protectorate, constituted in early 1947, and neighbouring
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protectorate corresponded to the current German state of
Saarland (established after its incorporation into West Germany as a state on 1 January 1957). A policy of industrial disarmament and dispersal of industrial workers was officially pursued by the
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coins, designed similar to French coins, were issued too. On 15 December 1947 the Saar was constituted by its constitution as the
Saarland (took effect two days later), with an elected government under the control of the French high commissioner
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pressures for a stronger
Germany allowed renewed industrialization, and the French returned control of the region to the government of West Germany founded on the AmericanâBritishâFrench occupation zones. Historically, it was a
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stated the US's motive in detaching the Saar from
Germany as "The United States does not feel that it can deny to France, which has been invaded three times by Germany in 70 years, its claim to the Saar territory".
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pressures in Europe, the French government took an historic step in deciding that the only viable political model for the future lay in
European integration. This resulted in the
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Saarland was an independent government within the economic sphere of France; France was responsible for defence and foreign affairs (cf. Preamble of Saarland's Constitution).
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being given a politically neutral ring of twelve stars rather than the originally proposed 15 (one of which was to represent a nominally independent Saar as a member of the
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held on 23 October 1955 rejected this plan by 67.7% to 32.3% (out of a 96.5% turnout: 423,434 against, 201,975 for) despite the public support of West German Chancellor
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The treaty also stated that economic union with West Germany was to be completed by 1960, with the exact date of the replacement of the Saar and French franc by the
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Cf. the report of the Central State Archive of Rhineland-Palatinate on the first expellees arriving in that state in 1950 to be resettled from other German states.
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in the ECSC, agreement on termination of the International Authority for the Ruhr came into force on 25 June 1952. However, France delayed the return of the Saar.
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as legal tender in the Saar Protectorate, followed by the integration of the Saar into the French currency area on 15 November the same year. While only
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is a geologically folded, mineral-rich, ethnically German, economically important, and heavily industrialized area. It has well-developed
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for the plan. The rejection of the plan by the Sarrois was interpreted as support for the Saar to join the Federal Republic of Germany.
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as the first foreign language in schools in the Saarland; although no longer binding, the agreement is still generally followed.
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passed the law establishing the constitution of the Saarland on 15 December 1947. The most successful party, the CVP under
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in Germany. Around 1900, the region formed the third-largest area of coal, iron, and steel industry in Germany (after the
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High Commissioner of the French Republic in the Saarland
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Dutch annexation of German territory after World War II
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Describes the contest for the Saar over the centuries.
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Luxembourg annexation plans after the Second World War
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Mouvement pour le Rattachement de la Sarre Ă la France
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EUROPA.EU An official website of the European Union.
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no longer under the joint Allied jurisdiction by the
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established its full sovereignty over the territory.
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France's attempts to internationalize the Ruhr (see
1716:"Saar â List of International Matches and Line-Ups"
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Belgian annexation plans after the Second World War
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847:districts (Homburg and St. Ingbert) taken from the
787:The region had been previously annexed by France (
1787:Ambassador & Chief of the Diplomatic Mission.
1752:. Hassell Street Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1013850066
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999:on 6 September 1946, the US Secretary of State
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1074:) were abandoned in 1950 when, in the face of
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1508:"Blick in die Geschichte â Jubiläum #15.04.0"
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1956:Commission against Racism and Intolerance
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1043:View of steel and ironworks in the Saar,
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1550:"The Schuman Declaration â 9 May 1950"
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1204:As a footnote to the creation of the
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1830:8 September 1945. on CVCE website
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1714:Courtney, Barrie (20 May 2004).
1664:Murphy, Sean (25 January 2006).
1628:, retrieved on 20 February 2014.
1481:Long, Bronson (September 2015).
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789:Bailiwick of Sarrelouis
645:Protectorat de la Sarre
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1348:Amateurliga Saarland
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349:Charles de Carbonnel
2317:History of Saarland
1869:4 June 2011 at the
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1514:on 21 August 2009
1492:978-1-57113-915-3
1360:1. FC SaarbrĂźcken
1258:(CVP), first term
1256:Johannes Hoffmann
1248:Johannes Hoffmann
1240:(KPS). The first
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