REVIEW OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LITERATURE OF THE DANUBIAN GERMANS CONCERNING THE FATE OF GERMANS IN FORMER VUGOSLAVIA

I pored svoje subjektivnosti, folksdojčerska historiografija pripomogla je u obradi i razjašnjavanju poratne sudbine njemačke nacionalne manjine na prostorima bivše Jugoslavije. Postoji čitav niz radova različitih zamisli i vrijednosti. Autor upozorava na brojnost radova folksdojčerske historiografije, te donosi pregled najznačajnijih autora i literature koji govore o ovome problemu.The fate of Yugoslav Germans was previously a forbidden or at least undesirable topic in domestic historiography. The exodus of the Volksdeutsch from the former Yugoslavia after World War II surpassed in scope and consequence other events in the most recent history of former Yugoslavia. This paper approaches the complexity of the problem in completely different terms than previous works. German emigrants from southeastern Europe have continued their prewar research, and today almost no settlement in the former Yugoslavia in which Germans lived has not been the subject of a monograph. Nor have the more significant events, including the great exodus, failed to receive treatment, at least by journalists. The quality and goal of the works vary widely. Despite subjectivity, this historiography on the Volksdeutsch is part of reworking and reinterpreting the postwar fate of Germans in the former Yugoslavia. This article provides an overview of the most important problems and presents the most significant and best-known authors and their works. In addition, the article discusses bibliographic guides to the numerous works on the subject. This overview does not purport to be the definitive word on the subject of the Volksdeutsch but is a contribution to the ongoing examination of the issue