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The postage stamps of the 1920s also say Deutsches Reich. You must demonstrate that the term Reichsdeutsche was not use. If "German Reich" was still said then presumably "Reich-Germans" was too. |
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'''Imperial Germans''' is the common translation{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} of the [[German language|German]] word ''Reichsdeutsche'' (adj. ''reichsdeutsch''). It refers to German [[citizen]]s, and by the word sense means people coming from the [[German Empire]], i.e. Imperial Germany or ''Deutsches [[Reich]],'' between 1871 and 1918 and again between 1933 and 1945 (and later when referring historically to these times){{citation needed|date=January 2011}}.
The key problem with the terms ''reichsdeutsch,'' ''[[volksdeutsch]],'' ''[[auslandsdeutsch]],'' and related ones is that the usage of the words often depends on context, i.e. who uses them where and when. There are, in that sense, no general legal or "right" definitions, although during the 20th century, all terms acquired legal — yet also changing — definitions.
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