sentences:  With this referendum the citizens of the Saarland had to decide whether to reunite the Saarland with Germany or to be an independent territory, governed by an elected government, in matters of foreign policy represented by a commissar of the Western European Union and with an economy connected to France.There were heavy arguments between the supporters of both solutions.The break ran through Families, clubs and friendships and continued to exert an influence even after the conclusion of the referendum and the reunion to Germany.