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The German version as actually survived its original time frame: "So lang das Deutsche Reich besteht, wird Schraube fest nach rechts gedreht" - "As long as the German Reich exists, a screw is tightened by turning right"
I'm German, and I've never heard that before. I'd be seriously weirded out by someone saying that or teaching it to their kids
I have to admit that this is rather old. So old, in fact, that it does not refer to the Third Reich but the Kaiserreich.
I donβt think anyone thought it was about the third reich
Probably someone did. Not all English-speakers know about the first two, even though they're implied by "third".
I daresay that 99% of "English-speakers" never wasted a thought on why the Third Reich actually was the third.
And honestly, it could be that 90% wouldn't know what the HRE was or who the Kaiser was once you told them. It's just not a thing that usually comes up in everyday life.
Yup this was me. I knew it was the third, but it never occurred to me to ask what the other 2 were
TBH I knew about the Kaiserreich, but I had to look up the first one myself. It was the Holy Roman Empire. (Which wasn't really much of a reich, but the Nazis weren't noted for their attention to historical accuracy)
Never underestimate the incompetence of people, especially in the US, with regards to history. Just look how they are basically trying to recreate Germany's 1933 at the moment.