Saar-Freund. Six Issues.

Berlin: Geschäftsstelle Saarverein, 1935. 6 issues of this Saarland (the smallest state in Germany) pro-Nazi periodical . Comprises Special Editions (Sondersgaube) Nos. 2 & 3, two issued form February of 1934 and 2 issues from March of 35. Continuous pagination but for one break. Each issue about 32 pp. Numerous half-tone photograph illustrations. Printed on wood-pulp paper. Very good condition.This periodical ended when Hitler came to power. As this state was close to France it likely did not feature the Third Reich until 1935, its last year of publication. Information about it is minimal. Neither of the Special Editions bear any illustrations. . But Saarland was important to both Hitler and Gen. Patton. Hitler's plans to strengthen Germany and undermine the Treaty of Versailles were given a boost in 1935. The German-speaking Saar region voted to reunite with Germany. Important for coal production, Saar had previously been removed from German control as a term of Versailles to weaken Germany industrially. Patton led the Saar Offensive through this region in 1945. The Saarland as we know it today is not that old. The region became part of the German Reich on March 1, 1935, and after the end of the Second World War fell into the French occupation zone. While it gained autonomy in 1947, the state remained under the influence of the French with the French franc still being the official currency, it was officially reunited with Germany in 1959.