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In Django Unchained Dr King Schultz refers to himself as German. This despite the movie being set in 1858, before Germany was unified as one country. Would people from Bavaria, Prussia, etc refer to themselves as German at this time in history?

by /u/Dogt4nk in /r/AskHistorians

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