Kaiser Wilhelm II

[Gary Kern <gkern@alumni.Princeton.EDU>]

Dear Jüngerites:

Would anyone on the list be able to answer this question about Kaiser
Wilhelm II?  I am researching a Soviet plot to overthrow Hitler early in
1937. The Kaiser was approached in Doorn, Holland, where he lived in
exile, and someone on his staff named Hermine liked the idea. So it was
taken to Stalin, who didn't like it.  He pointed to a map and said that
London was closer to Berlin than Moscow, and if the British didn't try
then they must have had reasons.  The plan was dropped.

My question is, who was Hermine?  The Kaiser's son, his secretary, his
guard?  My only reference is an unpublished scrap in Russian.

GK