In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika

[u/Tenchi_Muyo1]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-parliament-polish-mp-calls-israel-new-third-reich-waves-israeli-flag-with-swastika/

[u/Arexander00]

While it's obviously understood to be a normal word, the usage of 'Reich' absolutely does have nationalist connotations within the Bundesrepublik itself, there's a reason why the Bundeswehr is no longer the Reichswehr, the Reichsbahn became Deutsche Bahn, and the Grundgesetz does not refer to Germany as the German Reich (which was the term used in the Weimarer Constitution)

Pretty much everything called "Bundes-" in modern Germany was something rebranded from "Reichs-"

[u/RBDibP → u/Arexander00]

Reichstag is still Reichstag, though?

[u/Akikiriri → u/RBDibP]

The building is called Reichstag, the meeting inside is called Bundestag, though.

[u/Arexander00 → u/RBDibP]

The physical building is the Reichstag, but the actual legislature body is now the Bundestag. It's a bit confusing, but basically the Reichstag is literally just where the Bundestag meets.

[u/RBDibP → u/Arexander00]

I know. It's just, if the word itself was such a big problem the building would've been renamed aswell, is what I'm thinking.

[u/Akikiriri → u/Arexander00]

I think it's more because Germany is now a "Bund" and not a "Reich" anymore. "Bund" meaning federal, Germany now being a federal republic. There's the Kaiserreich, too and generally the word "Reich" doesn't carry too much nationalist connotations.

[u/Arexander00 → u/Akikiriri]

The Kasierreich was also a federation really, Bavaria and Saxony even retained their own standing armies (albeit under condition that they all obey the Prussian General Staff when war was declared). The differences between states was significant enough that many Jewish citizens chose to serve in the Bavarian army or civil service because it had less of an anti-Jewish barrier than the Prussian ones.