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''Deutschtum'' () is a
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
term equating to "Germanness". It may either refer to the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
character and spirit, the belonging and yearning to the German people or the entirety of German ethnic groups residing in foreign countries.
[Denotations of "Deutschtum"](_blank)
at Duden online ''(in German)''
An anti-Western concept of a romanticized ''Deutschtum'' has been an important component of
German nationalism
German nationalism () is an ideological notion that promotes the unity of Germans and German-speakers into one unified nation state. German nationalism also emphasizes and takes pride in the patriotism and national identity of Germans as one n ...
, when the conceptions of ''Volk'' (people) and ''Gemeinschaft'' (community) were driven to their extremes during the
Third Reich
Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
.
See also
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Volksgemeinschaft
''Volksgemeinschaft'' () is a German expression meaning "people's community", "folk community", Richard Grunberger, ''A Social History of the Third Reich'', London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971, p. 44. "national community", or "racial community", ...
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Britishness
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Romanitas
References
Bibliography
*{{cite book, last=Verheyen, first=Dirk, title=The German question: A Cultural, Historical, and Geopolitical Exploration, year=1999, publisher=Westview Press, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTBxLHDVX5UC&q=The+German+question:+a+cultural,+historical,+and+geopolitical+exploration, location=Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA, isbn=0-8133-6878-2
German culture
German nationalism