By State Chancellery Saarland
Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Forced labour
Since around 40% of the regular work- force of the Saar mines had been drawn into military service since 1915, Russian, Italian and French prisoners of war were increasingly employed under ground. More than 4.000 pri- soners were required to work in the Saar coal industry in 1918. During the Second World War too, primarily Russians, Poles, Frenchmen and Italians were used, partly as prisoners of war, partly as more or less voluntarily recruited male and female civilian workers. They were often deported from the streets and were often forced to live under inhuman conditions in camps and slave away in the coal and steel works. Spaniards, Croatians and Slovaks generally worked under better conditions, for they came from countries allied with Germany.
Female "Ostarbeiter" from Ukraine in the Dudweiler mining community, 1943 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Italian migrant workers are not permitted entry to a Saarlandic restaurant by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Labour camp for foreign/forced labourers at Fechingen during the Second World War by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Prisoner of war camp Prisoner of war camp by Stadtarchiv Püttlingen and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Garden centre of Geislautern pit by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Garden centre of Geislautern pit by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Russian poetry book by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
List of forced labourers by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Bird game by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Toy cannon by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Wooden aircraft with swastika by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Wooden aircraft by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Pictorial dictionary by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
The long shadow of war. Compensation for forced labourers – the Saarland's point of view by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Prison door from the Saarbrücker Schloss by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Peace-making
A political and social peace arrange- ment was concluded for the partially independent Saarland after WWII: the coal and steel co-determination act, initiated by the Allies in 1947 still during the occupation period, was signed in 1951 and established parity-based co-determination of the employees in the supervisory and management boards of mining and the iron and steel industry. As early as 1947, Jean Monnet promoted supranational control of the production of coal, steel and iron in order to secure lasting peace in Europe. The French foreign minister Robert Schuman presented his plan for a coal and steel community on 9th May 1950. The agreement was ultimately signed by the ECSC founder States of Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 1951. Robert Schuman, the keenest campaigner for the European unification process at that time, pleaded in favour of making Saarbrücken the capital of the coal and steel community in 1952.
Signing of the contract governing the foundation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) on 18 April 1951 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Advertising art for Saarbrücken as the coal and steel (Montan) capital of Europe by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
German Act on Co-Determination in the Coal, Iron and Steel Industries ("Montanmitbestimmungsgesetz") German Act on Co-Determination in the Coal, Iron and Steel Industries ("Montanmitbestimmungsgesetz") by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Union records Union records by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
The "Montan" triangle The "Montan" triangle by RAG, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miner's badge by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miner's dictionary Miner's dictionary by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Declaration of Robert Schuman by Fondation Jean Monnet, Lausanne (CH) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
State visit at platform 1 State visit at platform 1 by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Robert Schuman and Johannes Hoffmann in Paris by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Saarbrücken – the European Capital by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Saarbrücken - Capital of Steel and Coal by Historisches Museum Saar and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
"Saarbrücken - Capital of Steel and Coal" exhibition stand by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Montanunionstadt Saarbrücken Montanunionstadt Saarbrücken by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
In March 1957, Federal Minister of Finance Fritz Schaffer broke the ground at the Warndt pit. The Saarland's Ministers Adolf Bind and Kurt Conrad can be seen on the right. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
After the Hamburg flood disaster of June 1962, the Saarland sent aid in the form of coal. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Demolition of surface installations at the Heinitz pit in February of 1967. The pit itself was already decommissioned in 1962. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Prime Minster Franz Josef Roder visiting the "Saar-Gummiwerk" (rubber works) in Buschfeld, September 1968 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
In 1985, Oskar Lafontaine took over government businesses from Werner Zeyer by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Aerial photography of the "Saarland-Raffinerie" (refinery) in Klarenthal, around 1970 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Tradition meets innovation: the surface installations of the former Alsbachschacht of the Luisenthal pit in front of the imc (information multimedia communication) AG building on the premises of the Saarland IT-Park, 2010. by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Mine and home
During the 1950‘s, Saar mining ex- perienced one of the best periods in its long history from an economic, political and social standpoint. Above all the miners enjoyed many privile- ges during this time, such as welfare funds for needy employees, good medical treatment in miners‘ guild hospitals or benefits from a death benefit fund. These also however inclu- ded works libraries and coffee kitchens in which provisions could be bought particularly cheaply or concessionary coal, which was collectively agreed for both active miners and those already retired, in addition to favourable mortgages for home financing. The many miners‘ associations in addition to the miners‘ band and the Saar miners‘ choir are recognised to this day as trademarks far beyond the national borders.
Federal President Theodor Heuss during his speech at the St. Barbara mine in Bexbach on the occasion of his inaugural visit to the Saarland, January 1957 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Houses of the miner's settlement in Merchweiler, mid-1960s by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Change of shift at the Camphausen pit in winter of 1962/63 by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
2 pairs of sandals 2 pairs of sandals by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Working bag by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Kindergarten bag by Gunter Altenkirch, Gersheim-Rubenheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Bauinteressengemeinschaft Landsweiler-Reden by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Workers' houses near the Steinwald in Neunkirchen by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miners while building by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Topping-out ceremony by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Quierschied settlement by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Niederwurzbach settlement by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Bauinteressengemeinschaft Hühnerfeld by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Heiligenwald miners' settlement by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Workers' settlement of Reden pit by Landesarchiv Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Two settlement plans Two settlement plans by Ilse Jochum, Quierschied and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Radio set by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Lemonade bottle by Horst Schmadel, Seingbouse (F) and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Toys by Delf Slotta, Bischmisheim and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Miner's cow by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Stroller by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Vespa trip by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Playing children by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Playing children by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Playing children by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Playing children by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Playing children by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
White laundry by RAG Bildarchiv, Saarbrücken and Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
Kiting by Staatskanzlei des Saarlandes Open GalleryState Chancellery Saarland
