Re: Kaiser Wilhelm II

[Olaf Schroeter <olaf.schroeter@gmx.de>]

Gary Kern schrieb:

> 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  My only reference is an unpublished scrap in Russian.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

Nope, sorry.

She's his Wilhelm II.s seconde wife:

The empress died in April 1921 after a long illness. Her body was returned
to Germany for burial at
       Potsdam. The Kaiser and crown prince were not allowed to return for
the funeral. The lonely Kaiser
       remarried in November 1922 to a young war widow, Princess Hermine of
Reusse. By this time he had
       built some guest cottages because of the large number of friends and
relatives who visited him at Doorn
       House.

Found at:

http://www.mcs.com/~mikei/tgws/rel008.htm

Olaf