Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that on hearing about Kristallnacht, Kaiser Willhelm II said from his exile "For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German".en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that on hearing about Kristallnacht, Kaiser Willhelm II said from his exile "For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German".en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareRolando@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYeah if you read the rest of that section, Wilhelm was hoping the Nazis would restore one of his family as Kaiser, but Hitler blamed him for losing WW1.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell, it’s true, Kaiser Wilhelm did lose WW1 for Germany by starting it.
Yeah if you read the rest of that section, Wilhelm was hoping the Nazis would restore one of his family as Kaiser, but Hitler blamed him for losing WW1.
Well, it’s true, Kaiser Wilhelm did lose WW1 for Germany by starting it.