Saar Protectorate
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The Saar Protectorate, officially and commonly known as Saarland, was a French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining West Germany in 1957, it became the smallest "fe
Constitution of Saarland 1947/48
100 Saar franken coin
View of steel and ironworks in the Saar, c.1950
West Germany
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West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It was sometimes known as th
Saar Protectorate
…Sarre), officially and commonly known as Saarland (French: Sarre), was a French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining West Germany in 1957, it became the smallest "federal state" (Bundesland), the Saarland, not counting the "city states" (Stadtstaaten) of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen…
Dutch tanks, pictured in West Germany in 1956 as part of the large British and American-led foreign military presence in the country
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Rudi Dutschke, student leader
The Brandt cabinet of 1969 on the steps of President Heinemanns's residence in Bonn, the Villa Hammerschmidt