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Reich (/ ˈ r aɪ k / RYKE, [1] German: ⓘ) is a German word whose meaning is analogous to the English word "realm" – not to be confused with the German adjective reich which means 'rich'. The terms Kaiserreich (German: [ˈkaɪzɐʁaɪç] ⓘ; lit. ' realm of an emperor ') and Königreich (German: [ˈkøːnɪkʁaɪç] ⓘ; lit.
In referring to the entire period between 1871 and 1945, the partially translated English phrase "German Reich" (/-ˈ r aɪ k /) is applied by historians in formal contexts; [3] although in common English usage this state was and is known simply as Germany, the English term "German Empire" is reserved to denote the German state between 1871 and 1918.
The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.
The Third Reich, [l] meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800/962–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918).
For political expediency, the Nazis continually modified their racist politics towards non–Germanic peoples—and so continually redefined the ideological meaning of Lebensraum —in order to collaborate with other peoples, in service of the Reich's foreign policy.
The post of the video had been deleted from Truth Social on Tuesday morning. "Reich," meaning realm, kingdom or empire, is often considered to be a reference to Hitler's Third Reich regime that ...
Hitler argued in a 1921 essay that the German Reich had a single task of, "incorporating the ten million German-Austrians in the Empire and dethroning the Habsburgs, the most miserable dynasty ever ruling." [33] The Nazis aimed to re-unite all Germans who were either born in the Reich or living outside it in order to create an "all-German Reich".
The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term Reichswehr (Reich Defence) and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted. [11]