Conference paper

Yugoslav Citizens in Fascist Germany

Joachim Lehman ; Wilhelm Pieck University, Rostock, Germany

Abstract

The number of Yugoslav citizens in Germany was on a constant increase after World War I (1925: 14,067; 1935: 17,258; 1939: 58,240). As a result of deportations that were a part of the fascist forced labor scheme during World War II, the number grew still further. In Germany between 1933 and 1939, Yugoslavia ranked among the leading countries of foreigners' origin. In relation to the population of the host country, the share of Yugoslavs living in the German Empire grew from 0.12 to 0.35%. They were concentrated in the Prussian provinces of the Westphalia and Rhein. The two held almost a third of all Yugoslav citizens up to 1939. In the big cities of the region concerned the number of Yugoslavs dropped in absolute terms and, consequently, as a share in the total population, although Yugoslavs represented a growing share of the foreign population in the same period of time.

Keywords

foreigners; Yugoslavs; Germany

Hrčak ID:

128157

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/128157

Publication date:

31.5.1988.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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