The Germans of Yugoslavia (German: Jugoslawiendeutsche, Serbo-Croatian: N(j)emački Jugoslaveni) are people of German descent who live in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Slovenia. Despite their German heritage, Germans of the former Yugoslavia include both Danube Swabians and Austrians. The largest German minority in the former Yugoslavia is found in Serbia.
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