Reich

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Reich ( ryke, raikh; German: [ʁaɪç] ) is a German word whose meaning is analogous to the English word "realm". The terms Kaiserreich and Königreich are respectively used in German in reference to empires and kingdoms. In English usage, the term "the Reich" often refers to Nazi Germany, also called "the Third Reich". The term Deutsches Reich (sometimes translated to "German Empire") continued to be used even after the collapse of the German Empire and the abolition of the monarchy in 1918. There was no emperor, but many Germans, such as supporters of the DNVP, had imperialistic ambitions. According to historian Richard J. Evans: The continued use of the term "German Empire", Deutsches Reich, by the Weimar Republic ... conjured up an image among educated Germans that resonated far beyond the institutional structures Bismarck created: the successor to the Roman Empire; the vision of God's Empire here on earth; the universality of its claim to suzerainty; and in a more prosaic but no less...

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