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In early
1935, as part of their attempts to undo the decisions of the
Versailles agreement and expand the Reich borders to include all
members of the "Aryan-German race," the Nazis began to
create facts on the ground. On January 13, 1935, after a plebiscite
held in the Saar region, in which the local population voted
overwhelmingly to come under German rule, Germany proclaimed the
liberation of this region (which had been annexed by France after
World War I), and re-annexed it.
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