Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany - Abdication and Life in Exile

Following the First World War three of the largest European Empires collapsed, with the German Empire being the last, after the November revolution broke out in several harbours and cities, and spread to its capital Berlin. Although the Russian, Austro-Hungarian and German Empire all collapsed, there were some fundamental differences in the way the respective Emperors continued their lives… or rather didn’t continue their lives following the collapse. To begin with the Russian Tsar, Nicholas II didn’t survive the power grab by the Bolsheviks and ensuing civil war. He was executed before Wilhelm II even abdicated. As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the autumn of 1918 it disintegrated with incredible speed and its last Emperor, Karl I, was dethroned, exiled and died in 1922 at the age of 34. As such, two of the last rulers of European empires died soon after their disintegration…

But not Wilhelm. He lived for another 23 years after the war had ended. He lived in exile in the Netherlands and passed away only in June 1941. To give you an idea: that is well after Hitler had been in power, and two years after the Second World War broke out. Knowing this, it begs the inevitable question: what was the life of the Last German Kaiser like, in exile, with all those turbulent changes going on in the Empire he once ruled?

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:39 Initial Exile
6:33 Huis Doorn
10:40 Wilhelm and the rise of Hitler

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