Talk:Germans of Yugoslavia

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The section titled Slovenia comments:
There is a German-speaking minority in Slovenia of around 1,600 people, centred around Maribor (German: Marburg). They are Austrian in origin, and are unrelated to the other German minorities in Yugoslavia.

This is vague, can anyone shed light?? Evlekis (talk) 14:58, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History

More explanation is needed about the history of the German minority during WWII, and their fate at the end of the war. They were not expelled as those in Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary, because the Allied occupation authorities would not accept the refugees. Consequently, the Tito government sent them to concentration camps where a large number died due to starvation and illness. In later years,they were permitted to escape from Yugoslavia. After Tito's break with Stalin, those remaining were amnestied. I will cover their fate in a future edit of this section.Zweisimmen (talk) 17:46, 23 November 2015 (UTC)^[1][reply]

References

^ Forgotten Voices;The Expulsion of the Germans from Eastern Europe after World War II, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J.2013

Image of Flag

The only image in the article is that of the apparent "German Minority" flag based on the SFR (Socialist Federal Republic) Yugoslav Minority flag that was used from 1946-1992. This flag seems to refers specifically to a particular political time. That is, the article is about Germans in Yugoslavia who, if outside of the "post WWII, pre-dissolution of Yugoslavia" era, would not be using this flag. Also did all Germans in the region of former Yugoslavia use this flag as representation? For ethnic Germans this was a very delicate political time with people in various political camps for whatever reason, so this image creates many questions for me as a reader and researcher. I understand that the idea is a combination of German (German flag colors) and Yugoslavia (socialist-era star of the Yugoslavian government of the specific years), but Germans in Yugoslavia existed without socialist era political affiliation hundreds of years prior to the political upheaval in the region and post-1992 in the region. So I would say this image is misleading or confusing in terms of the article's content.23:18, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Gopp22 (talk) Gopp22 (talk) 23:18, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Forgotten Voices;The Expulsion of the Germans from Eastern Europe after World War II, Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J.2013

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