Re: Kaiser Wilhelm II

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

Olaf Schroeter wrote:
> 
> 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  My only reference is an unpublished scrap in Russian.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
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Fantastic!  The web really can work as a research tool sometimes.  Thank
you very much for solving this riddle for me.  You have saved me much
labor and time thumbing through the indexes of books in the library
while the parking police outside circle my car like jackals, waiting for
the meter to expire.  If you ever need some detail from Soviet history,
ask me--I'm in your debt.

GK