Third Reich

American  

noun

1. Germany during the Nazi regime 1933–45.

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Third Reich British  

noun

1. See Reich 1

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Third Reich Cultural  

1. The name given by the Nazis to their government in Germany; Reich is German for “empire.” Adolf Hitler, their leader, believed that he was creating a third German empire, a successor to the Holy Roman Empire and the German empire formed by Chancellor Bismarck in the nineteenth century.

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Third Reich

However, 80 years after the fall of the Third Reich, not all looted assets have been returned to the victims' descendants.

From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025

Oddly, some people still stop short of characterizing “Andor” as commentary on fascism, although parallels between the Empire and Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich abound.

From Salon ● May 7, 2025

Trapped by the outbreak of war, Pabst agrees reluctantly to make movies — well-funded and ostensibly nonpolitical — for the Third Reich.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

Another placed Taylor Swift at the head of the Third Reich.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2025

I ate my corned-beef hash, then made down my bed and dug out Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck