Greater German Reich (German: Grossdeutsches Reich) may refer to:
- Nazi Germany, the official state name of which was "Greater German Reich" from 1943 to 1945 (also used informally after the 1938 Anschluss of Austria)
- Greater Germany, the political concept of creating a German nation-state encompassing all or nearly all the German-speaking peoples of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries
- Greater Germanic Reich
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“We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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—Joseph L. Mankiewicz, U.S. director, screenwriter. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Countess (Danielle Darrieux)