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- The elections of 18 December 1955 produced a majority for those parties who favoured a return to Germany, and on 1 January 1957 the Saarland was incorporated into Germany. This accession of a federal state became a constitutional precedent for the incorporation of the five newly created East German states into West Germany in 1990.
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Jan 14, 2016 · On Jan. 13, 1935, the citizens of the Saarland voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Germany. Since the end of World War I, the Saarland had been administered by the League of Nations, and the reunification was a propaganda coup for the Nazis.
On 1 January 1957, before the reunification, the territory of Saarland, a protectorate of France (1947–1956), united with West Germany (and thus rejoined Germany) as the 11th state of the Federal Republic; this was called "Little Reunification" although the Saar Protectorate itself was only one disputed territory, as its existence was opposed ...
Aug 23, 2024 · German reunification, the reuniting of East Germany and West Germany into the country of Germany in 1990. The process put a formal end to World War II, guaranteed the western borders of Poland, inspired a drive to greater European integration, and ensured the election of Helmut Kohl as the first.
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A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar Basin on 13 January 1935. Over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany, with 9% voting for the status quo as a League of Nations mandate territory and less than 0.5% opting for unification with France. [1] Background.
The process started in 1935, when residents of the Saar region, which had been ruled under a mandate by the League of Nations since the Versailles Treaty, decided to join Germany after holding a popular referendum.
Aug 13, 2012 · One can safely say that this was a decisive step along what Heinrich August Winkler called the “path to the west”, with which a reunited Germany has also relinquished its claim to a special path. An unprecedented historical process, the end of division and coming to terms with the past.
When more than 90% of the votes cast in the plebiscite favored its reunion with Germany, the Saar was restored (Mar., 1935) to German control and constituted the Saarland prov. During World War II, Hitler incorporated it (1940) with Lorraine (annexed from France) into the province of Westmark.
