Saar at the Deaflympics (original) (raw)

Saar Protectorate, which existed from 1947 to 1956 (German state of Saarland since), a region of Western Germany that was occupied in 1945 by France. As a separate team, Saar took part at the 1953 Summer Deaflympics before Saarland was allowed to rejoin West Germany in 1956. Fifteen competitors took part in the football event in the 1953 Summer Deaflympics in Brussels, Belgium.