On 4 June 1956, the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, and the French Prime Minister, Guy Mollet, meet in Luxembourg with a view to the drafting of the Franco–German Treaty on the Saar, which will be signed in Luxembourg City on 27 October 1956.

On 13 September 1956, in a Saarbrücken radio broadcast, the German State Secretary, Walter Hallstein, gives an upbeat evaluation of negotiations between France and Germany on financial and economic issues relating to the Saar Statute.

Produced in 1957, this documentary film illustrates how the Saar question was definitively resolved on 27 October 1956 by the signing, in Luxembourg, of the Franco-German Treaty which established the terms for the reintegration of this region in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The film also shows the address given to the Bundestag by Heinrich von Brentano, Foreign Minister of the FRG, on the implications of the Treaty.

On 27 October 1956, in Luxembourg, Christian Pineau, French Foreign Minister, and Heinrich von Brentano, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) sign the Saar Treaty which, amongst other things, lays down the terms for the return of the Saar to Germany.

On 27 October 1956, Christian Pineau and Heinrich von Brentano, French and German Foreign Ministers respectively, sign the agreements in Luxembourg which definitively resolve the Saar question. Heinrich von Brentano then makes a statement.

On 27 October 1956, in Luxembourg, Christian Pineau, French Foreign Minister, and his German counterpart, Heinrich von Brentano, sign the agreements which definitively resolve the Saar question and define the terms for the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

The Saar issue is definitely resolved on 27 October 1956 in Luxembourg when Christian Pineau, French Foreign Minister, and his German counterpart, Heinrich von Brentano, sign the Treaty laying down the terms for the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

Title page of the Saar Treaty, signed on 27 October 1956 in Luxembourg by France and the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Franco-German Treaty signed on 27 October 1956 in Luxembourg settles the Saar question and provides for the political reintegration of the territory into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 1 January 1957.

On 29 November 1956, Heinrich von Brentano, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), outlines to the Bundestag the implications of the Treaty signed on 27 October 1956 in Luxembourg by France and Germany in order to resolve definitively the Saar question.

Shortly after the signing, on 27 October 1956 in Luxembourg, of the Franco-German Treaty on the Saar, Otto Lenz, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) MP and Head of the Saar Committee in the Bundestag, emphasises the hope that this territorial reintegration represents for the millions of Germans still living under foreign rule.

On 1 January 1957, during the celebrations to mark the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, gives an address in which he welcomes the peaceful manner in which the Saar question has been resolved.

On 1 January 1957, Hubert Ney, Prime Minister of the Saar, welcomes the political return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and calls for the peaceful reunification of Germany.

On 1 January 1957, the Saar is returned to the Federal Republic of Germany. On this occasion, the Saar Prime Minister, Hubert Ney, flies the flags of the Saar and of Germany at the Chancellery in Saarbrücken.

Produced in 1957, this documentary film shows the celebrations surrounding the return of the Saar to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 1 January 1957. The film also includes an extract from the address given by the German Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, who welcomes the peaceful circumstances that allowed the Saar question to be resolved and who expresses his hopes as to the future reintegration of the Eastern territories in the FRG.

On 29 March 1960, this former border post between the Saar and Germany on the N 51 road near Freudenberg is destroyed.