The history of this territory bordering on France (and Luxemburg)
with its rich mining and steel industry is complex, and it is as a result of a plebiscite in 1935, conducted in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, that it became as Saarland part of the German Reich.
Rhineland
It is located west of the Rhine River and encompasses the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palantinate and portions of Baden- Wrttemberg, Hesse, and North RhineWestphalia. The chief city of the Rhineland is Cologne. In 1936 the Rhineland became the most prosperous area of Germany. Anschluss In March 1938, Hitler made his next move: the Anschluss. The Germans poured into Austria, hitting the Austrian community by storm. The Austrian public overwhelmingly embraced the Nazi platform and attitudes; in a referendum, 98% of Austrians voted for annexation union with Germany.
Sudetenland
Sudetenland later became a major source of contention between Germany and Czechoslovakia, and in 1938 participants at the Munich Conference, yielding to Adolf Hitler, transferred it to Germany.
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Western region of Czechoslovakia, occupied by German troops on March 15, 1939 and declared by Adolf Hitler to be a German "protectorate" (aeuphemistic term for a subjugated state) belonging to the Reich. On the eve of the German occupation, 118,310 Jews lived in the region, whose capital was Prague.
Protective Zone
The special status of the zone was already created in the initial German-Slovak treaty of 23 March 1939, which defined the protective relationship between Germany and the Slovak State. [2] The zone was codified by the German-Slovak treaty of August 28, 1939, which was signed in Bratislava
Memel district
The Memel district was a portion of Germany lost to Lithuania as a result of World War I. Hitler secured its return in 1939. It was Hitlers last territorial gain before the war broke out.