# Talk:Nazi Germany

i believe that antisemitism should be capitilized or it should have a hyphen in it Jaypet12 (talk) 12:32, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

I disagree, seems to be a perfectly acceptable way to use it. Slatersteven (talk) 12:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
This issue is addressed in MOS:ANTISEMITISM. The current form is the preferred form and is the one used in the wiki article on antisemitism. Historybuff0105 (talk) 15:25, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
I agree with the current form. According to MOS:ANTISEMITISM, “antisemitism” (without capitalization or hyphen) is the preferred spelling on Wikipedia. Consistency with the article title and the manual of style should be maintained. Kventinhungarya (talk) 00:32, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

The enabling act never got rid of the Weimar Republic constitution, so wouldn’t it be more accurate to specify this was the de facto state from 1933 to 1945? 2600:4040:A459:F300:7846:3075:E2A5:308F (talk) 00:52, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

What do RS say? Slatersteven (talk) 09:08, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
The Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act) of 1933 did not abolish the Weimar Constitution, which technically remained in force until 1945. In practice, however, the act transferred legislative and constitutional authority to Hitler’s government, rendering the constitutional framework meaningless. While the Weimar Republic persisted de jure as a hollow shell, the Nazi regime exercised unchecked power de facto, creating a dictatorship that bore little resemblance to the democratic order it had supplanted. So to that end, I guess your comment is right, but it is a tad complicated because of how buried in obscurity all semblance of law remained under the Nazis.--Obenritter (talk) 17:22, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
We still go by what RS say, not wp:or. Slatersteven (talk) 09:28, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Change "67 per cent" to "67 percent" in the "Religion" section KamJam007 (talk) 01:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)
 Not done - this article uses Bristish spelling vatiant. Percent is the US spelling variant.— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 01:57, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

ah sorry, didn't know that was a thing lol KamJam007 (talk) 03:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

I amended the opening sentence of the lead from "officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich" to "officially the German Reich and later the Greater Germanic Reich", adding a wikilink to the existing WP article Greater Germanic Reich. This change was reverted by User:Nillurcheier, with the simple explanation "notcorrect".
I have no strong opinion on this one way or another, but Wikipedia should show the correct official name.
The existing "Nazi Germany" article's lead has a note against "Greater German Reich" saying it is a translation of Großdeutsches Reich, stating "this latter term was the official name used by the Nazis to describe their expanded political state", with Elvert 1999 p.295 as the source, in a passage which I translate as "The term 'Greater German Reich' first appears officially in Hitler's decree on the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia." This is consistent with and supports the existing article.
However, the Greater Germanic Reich article uses Großgermanisches Reich, sourced from an article written by Stewart Cowie. I do not have access to this article, perhaps someone else does? This term appears to provide the name of that WP article.
So, my question is, which was the offical name: Großdeutsches Reich or Großgermanisches Reich? The difference in English (Greater German Reich or Greater Germanic Reich) is fairly trivial and can be attributed to the translator, but the difference in German looks significant. One of the articles needs to change. Thanks. Masato.harada (talk) 16:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

The official name of the German state was Großdeutsches Reich ("Greater German Reich"). This designation was formally adopted on 26 June 1943 (retroactively applied to 1941) and appeared on state documents, coins, and diplomatic materials. It reflected the political reality that Austria and other German-speaking regions had been incorporated into the Reich, fulfilling the "Greater Germany" concept — that is, the unification of all ethnic Germans under one state. Großgermanisches Reich represents the SS-conceptual, future empire of all "Germanic" peoples (Netherlands, Flanders, Denmark, Norway, sometimes Sweden), tied to Generalplan Ost and to the "Welthauptstadt Germania" set of ideas, not the 1943 official name.--Obenritter (talk) 17:36, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
Thank you. That is much clearer. Masato.harada (talk) 11:01, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Please replace the anthem (instrumental version) with the one with vocals, look at the Wikipedia page for "Horst-Wessel-Lied", anthems with lyrics are better in general. ~2025-35632-01 (talk) 17:24, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Please specify what file you are referring to as "the one with vocals". Day Creature (talk) 17:32, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
It's hard to copy and paste because the file name is in Russian but it's the one on the top of the "Horst-Wessel-Lied" article with the subtitle of "1933 vocal rendition by the Grosses Blas-Orchester and Chor, conducted by Carl Woitschach" ~2025-35604-86 (talk) 18:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
So we have File:Horst Wessel-Lied Instrumental.mp3 as the instrumental version currently in use, and File:Песня Хорста Весселя.ogg as the version you propose. I think the existing version is superior because it has better audio quality, so I am going to close this edit request as not done for now. Feel free to discuss the matter with other editors on the talk page and see if a consensus exists to change the file. Day Creature (talk) 18:34, 22 November 2025 (UTC)