Nemški pogledi na vzroke razkola med Nemci in Slovenci

In the middle of the 19th century, the first serious differences between the German and Slovenian political camps can be perceived. The rift between both camps in the 1860s, however, did not arise from national motives, but from political ones – due to the antagonism between Slovenian conservatives and German liberals. Later, the political conflict escalated to a nationalitybased antagonism. The testimonies of Germans who lived in Slovenia at the time of the rift show that they started from the same point of view as Slovenians and reacted in the same way in their struggle for national ideas. They both claimed their nations were threatened and at risk of assimilation. German opposition to the Slovenian national movement was also based on German politicians’ fear of losing their leading position in regions with a majority Slovenian population.