Goethe6y
Kaiser Wilhelm II: The ‘Travelling Emperor’ in Baalbek
It’s no secret that Kaiser Wilhelm II enjoyed travelling. In times of peace the head of state was rarely to be found in Potsdam or Berlin; more often he resided in one of the German spa towns or ...
BBC8y
The curious tale of the Kaiser on the Devon beach
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria’s oldest grandson who apparently spoke English without an accent, was holidaying near in Ilfracombe, and was spending a sunny afternoon on a local beach ...
The Daily Telegraph18d
When the Telegraph met Kaiser Bill – and he made foreign relations 10 times worse
The Telegraph’s interview with Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1908 put the cat among the international pigeons in the lead-up to the First World War. It caused as much ill-feeling against him in Germany ...
Max Planck Society9y
The Kaiser Wilhelm Society is dismantled
The Kaiser Wilhelm Society existed side by side with the Max Planck Society for twelve years. It was not until 21 June 1960 at the last extraordinary General Meeting of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society that ...
BBC1y
Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic
At the end of World War One, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and fled to Holland. The new government which replaced him first met in Weimar as there were security risks in Berlin. Hence, it became ...