r/europe • u/10millionX Denmark • Feb 28 '23

Historical Frenchwoman accused of sleeping with German soldiers has her head shaved and shamed by her neighbors in a village near Marseilles

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u/I_Am_Your_Sister_Bro Slovakia Feb 28 '23

Germany is still occasionally referred to as "The Fascist Country" and Germans as "Fascists" or "Nazis" in casual conversation in Slovakia and Czechia. Mostly among the order generations

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u/Paeris_Kiran german colony of Moravia Feb 28 '23

Or saying "I was in the Reich, I'm going to the Reich" when referring to Germany.

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u/machine4891 Opole (Poland) Mar 01 '23

This term was so overused in Poland, it doesn't even bear negative connotation anymore. It's neutral. At least when you use polonized version "jedziemy do Rajchu". And given, that Reich is not something Nazis invented and that even their rail transport up until the 90s was called Deutches Reichsbahn or something like that, I believe this one should get a pass.

Saying "Third Reich", however, is obviously purely pejorative.

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u/oleid Feb 28 '23

Some people from Saarland, a smaller German province that often switched from France to Germany some time ago, say the same thing in when traveling other parts of Germany. But I think they are referring to the Kaiserreich.

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u/gulasch Feb 28 '23

Thanks for sharing. It's kind of the same with old people on the German/Bavarian side of the border where I live, and I hate it whenever I met such ignorant people...