Talk:Third Reich

Should this be incorporated with the Nazi Germany article of vice versa? 18:58, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Re-Write
I´d like to re-write this entry, since it is a bit missleading. "Drittes Reich" (Third Reich) was the name the Nazis gave to Germany after Hitlers appointment as the german chancelor in 1933. Nazi Germany was said (by the Nazis themselfes) to be the third German empire after the Holy Roman Empire (which existed untill 1808 and was, as Voltaire put it, neither holy nor Roman nor an empire) and Imperial Germany (1871 - 1918).

I`d suggest the following:


 * The term "Drittes Reich" (Third Reich) refers to the country of Germany while under the rule of Adolf Hitlers NSDAP.
 * The official name of Germany remained "Deutsches Reich" (German Empire) from 1871 - 1943 (in 1943, the name was changed to "Großdeutsches Reich", "grand (or greater) german empire", to reflect upon Germanys :conquest of much of Europe). "Drittes Reich" (Third Reich) was the name Germany was informally referred to as by the National Socialits. The term seeked to establish a continuity from the first german "Reich" (the :Holy Roman Empire, which was, as Voltaire put it, neither holy nor roman nor an empire and which ceased to exist in 1808) and the second (Imperial Germany, which lasted from 1871 - 1918) to Hitlers Germany, :the third german empire.

There is also a distict christian dimension to the term, which I have to read into a bit further before I can write about it (In short, the third christian empire was said by Paulus to be the empire of Christ after the pagan empire and the empire(s) of Israel in the old testament). Historians did not agree yet whether Hitler meant to invoke this meaning or not.

Would someone be so kind as to spellcheck the entry above (remember, stupid german here)?

Gmb (talk) 23:20, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

'':The official name of Germany remained "Deutsches Reich" (meaning "German Empire") from 1871 - 1943 (in 1943, the name was changed to "Großdeutsches Reich", "grand (or greater) German Empire", to reflect upon Germany's conquest of much of Europe). "Drittes Reich" was the name Germany was informally referred to as by the National Socialists. The term seeked to establish a continuity from the first German "Reich", the Holy Roman Empire, which was, as Voltaire put it, neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire and which ceased to exist in 1808, and the second (Imperial Germany, which lasted from 1871 - 1918) to Hitler's Germany, the Third German Empire.''


 * Gmb, I've spell checked your entry and the above copy should be good. You write English very well, just a few punctuation marks here and there mainly. Feel free to add your entry. 09:38, 8 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much :) Gmb (talk) 10:12, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Third Reich/Nazi Germany
Why are these separate articles? While the name is worth discussing, do we need a whole separate page to do it? PacWalker 10:52, 4 April 2015 (UTC)