Text: Reich 1. The Holy Roman Empire, from its establishment in the 9th century to its dissolution in 1806 (First Reich) 2. Germany or German government; specifically, (a) the German Empire, from 1871 to 1919 (Second Reich); (b) the German republic from 1919 to 1933 (Weimar Republic); (c) the German Fascist state under the Nazis from 1933 to 1945 (Third Reich) Reich by the way means "empire".

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