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The self-serving delusions of the ‘Swastika Kaiser’

With the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II decided he was best off allying himself with the Nazis, and seeing what he could obtain for his family in the process

Alexander Larman
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II.  Alamy
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