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German Reich

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Deutsches Reich was the official name for the German nation state from 1871 to 1945 in the German language. The Reich became understood as deriving its authority and sovereignty entirely from a continuing unitary German 'national people'; with that authority and sovereignty being exercised at any one time over a unitary German 'state territory' with variable boundaries and extent. Although commonly translated as "German Empire", the word Reich here better translates as "realm", in that the term does not in itself have monarchical connotations. The word Kaiserreich is applied to denote an empire with an emperor; hence the German Empire of 1871–1918 is termed Deutsches Kaiserreich in standard works of reference. From 1943 to 1945, the official name of Germany became – but was not formally proclaimed – Großdeutsches Reich on account of the further German peoples and associated territories annexed into the state's administration during and before the Second World War.
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  • The difference between "Reich" and "Empire" 

  • Reich as "national people" versus Reich as "state territory" 

  • Nazi perspective on the Weimar Republic 

  • End of World War II 

  • Divided Germany 

  • Reunified Germany