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- Title
Die unvollendete Annexion: Frankreich und die Saar 1943 bis 1947.
- Authors
Loth, Wilfried
- Abstract
The founding of the Saarland in December 1947 was preceded by a protracted search process: How should France secure the output of the coal fields on the Saar without once again becoming the victim of a plebiscite by the Saar population? In December 1944, the economic department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposed the annexation of an extended Saar-Territory combined with the expulsion of the entire population. The de Gaulle government operated on this basis, but in the summer of 1945 decided to only expel part of the population. The other inhabitants were to be integrated into the French nation by a "correctly understood policy of assimilation". Only in the winter of 1946/47 did the development of public opinion on the Saar and the necessity to secure the support of the Socialist coalition partner vis-à-vis the western victorious powers lead to the limitation to economic integration.
- Subjects
SAARLAND (Germany); COALFIELDS; PLEBISCITE; GAULLE, Charles de, 1890-1970; INTERNATIONAL relations; ASSIMILATION (Sociology); PUBLIC opinion; SOCIALISM; COALITIONS; POLITICAL science; SUMMER; COALITION governments
- Publication
Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, 2022, Vol 70, Issue 3, p513
- ISSN
0042-5702
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/vfzg-2022-0030