Bracher wrote that the success of the modern Federal Republic had nothing to do with the "Bismarckian tradition" and stated that the "destruction of the state of 1871" was "the premiss and starting point for a new German state altogether".
布拉赫写道现代联邦共和国的成功与“俾斯麦时代的传统”毫无关系，并称“1871年政权的崩溃”是“全新的德意志国家的前提和起始点”。