Greater German Reich

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

Famous quotes containing the words german reich, greater and/or german:

    The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn’t believe it gets one in the neck.
    Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)