The position of the Slovene emigration associations in Germany bas changed considerably from the end of the 19th century till the present day. Between the period of the Slovene emigration flow to Westphalia and World War I, the activities of such associations were tied mostly to catholic organizations. Between world wars, the number of associations increased and catholic associations gained strength in addition to the laic ones. There was an ideological split among them after 1929 with strong presence of Yugoslavian unitarism. Following World War 2, associations were divided into those that were pro-Yugoslavia, church associations and organizations of political emigration. The State of preservation of archival records of such associations is catastrophic for the time before WW2. Post-war economic emigration associations began to appear in the beginning of the 70s of the past century and are still active today. The author carries out a sample analysis of the state of preservation of associations' archives and provides a thorough description of the state of preservation for three associations in particular, namely Slovenija Berlin, Sava Frankfurt and Triglav Stuttgart. Slovenija Berlin is used as a sample case for the rest of the Slovene associations in Germany, and detailed arrangement and description of its archives has been prepared.