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 | | The plebiscite of l935,in which 90.8 percent of the population voted for affiliation with the German Reich, was a vote for National Socialist rule in respect of the changing political scene in Germany. |
 | | With this affiliation the Saar region was united with the Palatinate and hence was called the Saarpfalz. |
 | | After conclusion of the Second World War, France once again tried to annex the Saar region, but due to the resistance of the other allies, it only achieved economic integration: in 1946, the coal mines of the Saar were put under French administration, in 1948 a customs union with France was enforced. |
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