In Saarland, unlike in neighboring Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg, there are no known signs or symbols from the National Socialist era on public buildings. The “Tannenberg” font introduced by the National Socialists in 1933/34 could at best have been preserved in inscriptions inside bunkers of the western fortifications, the Saarland State Chancellery said in response to a dpa request in Saarbrücken.
According to the information, there are only two wall maps from 1936 or 1937 on the ground floor of the Saarbrücken district court. One map shows southwest Germany, the other the then German Reich, with sights and traffic routes being drawn in. In addition to the two wall maps, a board with an explanatory text was attached, it said.
After the Second World War, the administration in the French occupation zone consistently erased any symbols. Either complete memorials were broken off or corresponding symbols were chiseled out, said the State Chancellery in Saarbrücken.
In Rhineland-Palatinate, on the other hand, according to the Mainz Ministry of Finance, Nazi symbols are still emblazoned on three of the state’s buildings: an imperial eagle at the district court in Bingen and an eagle figure at the tax office in Alzey and – which cannot be precisely assigned to the Nazi era – at the Mainzer service center tax office.
The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Finance also names NS symbols on three state buildings: an imperial eagle each at the Ulm tax office and in the town hall in Maulbronn, as well as the lettering “Dem Eternal Deutschtum” on Collegiate Building I of the University of Freiburg.
