Why was Hitler's regme called the 3rd Reich?

Question

And if there were two other reichs, what were they and where were they located?

Answer 1

The first Reich was the Holy Roman Empire. It lasted almost 1,000 years.

The Second Reich was The Second German Empire, which is considered to be from the reign of William I to the abdication of WIlliam II (Kaiser Wilhelm) in 1918 (Armistice).

The Third Reich was also supposed to last for 1,000 years, which was why Hitler gave it that name for propaganda purposes.

Answer 2

Third Reich

Official designation for the Nazi Party's regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945. The name reflects Adolf Hitler's conception of his expansionist regime-which he predicted would last 1,000 years-as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806, the First Reich) and the German empire under the Hohenzollern dynasty (1871–1918, the Second Reich).

Answer 3

the third reich was to be part of the holy roman empire (which was none of the above - neither holy, roman, or an empire). the 3rd reich was to be the last of the three. the others being: the world war one - bismarck era of germany. and the viking era the original (the era where the romans were rulers).

Answer 4

The third empire within Germany

The term Reich was part of the German names for Germany for much of its history. The German name for the "Holy Roman Empire" (10th century–1806) is Heiliges Römisches Reich. In Middle High German, der rîche was a title for the Emperor. However, it should be noted that Latin, not German, was the formal legal language of the medieval Empire, so English-speaking historians are more likely to use Latin imperium than German Reich as a term for this period of German history.

The unified Germany which arose under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1871 was called in German the Deutsches Reich. This remained the official name of Germany until 1945, although these years saw three very different political systems more commonly referred to in English as the German Empire (1871–1918), as this term is a direct translation of Deutsches Reich it can be ambiguous), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933; the term is a postwar coinage not used at the time), and Nazi Germany (the Third Reich) (1933–1945). After 1918 "Reich" was usually not translated as "Empire" in English-speaking countries, and the title was instead simply used in its original German.

The Nazis sought to legitimise their power historiographically by portraying their rule as a continuation of a Germanic past. They coined the term Das Dritte Reich ("The Third Empire" – usually rendered in English in the half-translation "The Third Reich"), counting the Holy Roman Empire as the first and the 1871-1918 monarchy as the second. They also used the political slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer ("One people, one Reich, one leader"). Although the term "Third Reich" is in common use, the terms "First Reich" and "Second Reich" for the earlier periods are seldom found outside Nazi propaganda. To use the terms "First Reich" and "Second Reich", as some commentators did in the post-war years, is generally frowned upon as accepting Nazi historiography.

A number of previously neutral words used by the Nazis have later taken on negative connotations in German (e.g. Führer or Heil); while in many contexts Reich is not one of them (reich, rich; Frankreich, France), it can imply German imperialism or strong nationalism if it is used to describe a political or governmental entity. Reich has thus not been used in official terminology since 1945, though it is still found in the name of the Reichstag building, which since 1999 has housed the German federal parliament, the Bundestag. The decision not to rename the Reichstag building was taken only after long debate in the Bundestag; even then, it is described officially as Reichstag - Sitz des Bundestages (Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag).

Answer 5

First was the Kaiser government of William and the result of WW I. The second was the Wiemar Republic which collapsed under the weight of war debt. Hitler emerged from the remains of that republic but successfully used violence to eliminate elections and declare himself the Fuhrer(ruler). He installed the national socialist party and built a government around it becoming the third government of the brief era following the death of Edward VII of England.

Answer 6

I believe that the first was Rome (explains the use of Romanesque standards and symbols like the eagle) and the second was the Holy Roman Empire. Off the top of my head, Rome was from around a few centuries BC to a few centuries AD and the Holy Roman Empire was in the 800s. Don't quote me, though.

Answer 7

It was an ideal for him. It mean that the Ayrians, the newest and best race, was to wipe out the old, the jews, gypses, ect. It was also some kind of sercret society that ran things in the nazi party.

Answer 8

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Reich&gwp=13

Took me about 15 seconds to find that.... you should try doing that on your own, when you learn how to use a computer some day.

Answer 9

1st Reich was the Kennedys and the 2nd was the Clin-toons.

Answer 10

I think napoleon bonapart was one of the two and...was alexander the great the other? Not very sure.