The Forgotten Story Of Independent Saarland

After WW2, Germany was split in two parts: West Germany, and East Germany. And Saarland. Wait, what? As Germany prepares to celebrate 30 years of Reunification, I went to Saarland to discover the story of the little country that divorced and rejoined Germany... twice.

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For more stories about football in independent Saarland, there's a great article here: https://longballfootball.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/historical-football-13-football-in-the-protectorate/

...and another one here (in German): https://www.volksfreund.de/sport/region/als-das-saarland-um-die-wm-quali-spielte_aid-34773039

IMAGE CREDITS

Frank Lampard: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uk-in-japan/26500347199 (c) British Embassy Tokyo
Frank Ocean: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Ocean_-_Cropped.png
Frank Rijkaard: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajax_selectie_seizoen_1981_1982_nr._140a_E._Ophof_speler,_nr._15a_F._Rijka,_Bestanddeelnr_253-8568.jpg
Roman Soldier: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_military_clothes_National_Military_Museum_Bucharest_Romania.jpg
Saar coins: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:100_saar_franken.jpg
1871 Map Of Germany: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deutsches_Reich_(1871-1918)-de.svg
1954 World Cup Final stadium: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-Bern,_Wankdorf-Stadion,_Fussballspiel-LBS_H1-016067_crop.tif

Видео The Forgotten Story Of Independent Saarland канала The Tim Traveller