Saarland plebiscite Collection

Period 1934-1939
Total size   0.12 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

On the question of continuation or end of the League of Nations administration of the Saarland (and subsequent association with Germany) a plebscite was held in January 1935; during the plebiscite D. Mackay, mayor of Enkhuizen in the Netherlands, was chairman of polling station No. 66 in Saarbrücken.

Content

Documents collected partly by D. Mackay and partly by Annie Adama van Scheltema, consisting of files on the plebiscite in Saarland and the chairmanship of D. Mackay 1934-1935, on the Einheitsfront and the pursued continuation of the status quo and on the Deutsche Front and the pursued association with Germany 1934-1935; copy, consisting of typescripts etc., for the Freiheit-Korrespondenz Mulhouse and circulars intended for internal information 1936-1939; leaflets, pamphlets and other printed material, in particular anti-Nazi and illegal 1936-1937; press clippings from Dutch newspapers 1934-1935.