First Pictures Of Former German Kaiser In Exile

(14 Dec 1931) Fol. British Movietone News presents a climax to its long series of personality pictures of leading World figures with the following exclusive film of Wilhelm II in exile at Doorn. This is the first screen interview to be made with his consent, but the term of his sanctuary in Holland are such that sound apparatus was not employed at his request, in the making of these intimate pictures.
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[@blanemylke4144]

For all his flaws, His Majesty's imperfections made him unique.

[@nilsmadej9091]

Well said!

[@knut-hinrichqwalter2463]

He in fact has been only a poor cartoon of a real Prussian!

[@juanramirezgonzalez2213]

Gotth

[@Edward1312]

He was a rat and as bad as Hitler and sent nearly as many Germans to their deaths!

[@edzaslow]

Note his damaged left arm which was the result of a botched Caesarian section when he was born. He was a grandson of Queen Victoria, and was one of her favorites.

[@ivankaizer5388]

Inbred's long term effect

[@AlamoOriginal]

@@ivankaizer5388 Victorian monarchs rarely inbred, you are refering to Habsburg

[@Medvelelet]

I thought ívictoris hated him!

[@user-ip5yc7bg2k]

@@ivankaizer5388 Also his damaged left arm was caused by him being born leg first and injuring his left arm. C section at that time was risky especially if you're performing it on a queen's child. Inbreeding did not caused this.

[@NameName-dx8lb]

@@user-ip5yc7bg2k specifically, his nerves were torn by pulling him out.

[@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST]

Sad we can't hear Wilhelm speaking english, or any video interviews with him. Because does not exist such things. Crown Prince Wilhelm indeed gives video interview in english.

[@AlamoOriginal]

Here is the english interview with him, note his accent kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYGme5yEjN6InLM

[@punishediskala7314]

@@AlamoOriginal im pretty sure thats wilhem III not the second

[@AlamoOriginal]

@@punishediskala7314 yeah my bad

[@kaiserwilhelmii7880]

@@AlamoOriginal I spoke English without an accent.

[@user-ip5yc7bg2k]

English was his first language

[@angrymoomin18]

0:50 he never changed him self he was always peacefull it was just the allied propaganda

[@HooDatDonDar]

Kaiser Bill, addressing troops off to China to suppress the Boxers: “Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German!” Lots of genuinely peaceful Germans who were labelled ‘Huns’ after that wish Bill had just kept his mouth shut.

[@marcmomus]

Utter nonsense. He oversaw a huge military build-up and provoked many crises before WW1.

[@N.Doughnut]

Yeah real peaceful guy. Never tried to return from exile under the nazis. Nope. Never talked to Herman Goering to restore the monarchy.

[@angrymoomin18]

@@N.Doughnut how is that against peace? If you are saing he like the nazis you are wrong read what he thought about adolf hitler

[@pashauzan]

@@N.Doughnut Never tried to return to Germany? He will get a worse fate if he did

[@paulhijara3580]

Some people say that germans stop being german in 1918

[@hansandhismp-4033]

and 1945

[@oksoijusttookafatshit]

@@hansandhismp-4033 no, Germans had got rid of a lot of its traditions at that time

[@georgecampbell9638]

@@oksoijusttookafatshit traditions? Cultural traditions? Like what?

[@cursa6852]

1:18 playing Minecraft

[@fredreinhard2091]

I love when the British Monarchy attempts to be above War Mongering and the subjugation of peoples around the Globe. To many countries to list and unneeded Wars. The holdings of the empire were so vast that the term, "The sun never sets on the British Empire".

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

I cannot wait for the day the US pulls pay your debts card to the UK, they will sell Cannada & Australia for it,

[@stefanzimmermann4757]

When Wilhelm ll. was a "Warlord", the allied Emperors and their politicans and generals where also warlords.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

Still better then hitter

[@ansibarius4633]

He wasn't a warlord, he tried to play one because it would make him look so impressive in the eyes of the world & himself. He did have his tantrums, but he was no killer. Flawed, but at heart not an evil man.

[@viktorlucaswallacetsoi1011]

Gott mit uns !!!!

[@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST]

Gott mit Huns!

[@HooDatDonDar]

We got mittens too!

[@seggl0478]

@@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST Huns are Hungarians...lol please read some books, lol your propagande seems to be effective...

[@EstoniaANTICOMMUNIST]

@@seggl0478 Oh you pretending to be smart-ass. Learning is good for you too. Start here: www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/allies-call-germans-huns-why/

[@kaiserwilhelmii7880]

@@seggl0478 Why do you need to be rude when he only made a mistake?

[@AyeegaJim]

I don't know why, but this video makes me smile :)

[@contrabbasso76]

Screen interview without the sound apparatus. Such a loss. The movies are enjoyable to watch nonetheless!

[@neo-luddismrules]

The first man in history stuck in his house for years

[@ReadeRomke]

The Netherlands!

[@elisej6227]

Kaiser's son Joachim is gorgeous

[@peterfile2185]

That old man ??

[@elisej6227]

@@peterfile2185 No not the old Kaiser! His youngest son lol Prince Joachim of Prussia. He committed suicide in 1920 at the age of 29.

[@keboonplumeria5266]

​@@elisej6227 what year that he passed away?

[@mitchrichards1532]

Long live the King

[@ralphbernhard1757]

October/November 1918. *Why did Wilhelm "have to go"...* In politics, we are hardly ever given the real reasons why things happen, or why policy decisions are implemented. Of course yesterday's politics, is today's history... *The truth behind "why Wilhelm had to go" is there for all to see, and has been written about in great detail in the past.* It had little to do with WW1, or Wilhelm's "personality disorder" (lol). As Tolkien states, long forgotten history became legend. Legend turned to myth. And after 100 years the reality of what happened passed out of all knowledge. Re. why Wilhelm had to go, has simply been forgotten. *The reality of "what happened" is that soon after his ascent to power (around the time "leaning East" Bismarck took his hat), Wilhelm wanted to unite Europe.* In his own frustrated later words "with or without GB". That can be read about in great detail and with sources in largely forgotton works: for example in the first few pages of THE ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE NEGOTIATIONS: MISSED OPPORTUNITY OR MYTH by H.W. Koch (free to read online after registration at JSTOR) or several other free pdf theses on the topic. Unfortunately most of these scholarly works mostly deal with *how it turned out* and not *the initial intention* by Berlin of such a potentially possible European alliance system with an Anglo-German Alliance at its core. Only a few historians correctly point out how such an alliance system was never desired by key individual European players, especially in London, and therefore "wishful thinking" from the outset. See the "history" of the apparently "poor dissed London lords" who apparently "really really wanted to become Berlin's BFFs" (sic.), but Berlin had insiduous "world conquering dreams". According to "Die Legende von der Verschmähten englischen Freundschaft 1898 to 1901" (1929) by Gerhard Ritter, the historian makes clear that it was London which never wanted such an alliance. The talks about a Eurpean alliance system did not "start" (as often stated) "in 1898", but much sooner. Bismarck had already sent the "feelers" much earlier, and Wilhelm intended to follow up on these (see the successful good start with the Helgoland-Zansibar Treaty as an act of good faith by both sides). As it turned out "with GB" was not possible because London wanted "Splendid Isolation" as *the* elevated policy standpoint of a few influencial lords. The "few" with veto powers would have used these powers to torpedo any attempt within the circle of London lords for any form of European unity, either "with or without GB". *To Quote: "Thirdly - but more contentiously - his veto of an Anglo-German alliance, as late as 1901, has been blamed, notably by Julian Amery in his biography of Joseph Chamberlain, as leading to the First World War and, by implication, to all the horrors which came after." (Amery 1969, p.158: edit for clarification, "third" in a list of the historian's list of key failures re. the Chamberlain Sr. years).* Just to clarify further. The same British lord who "oh-so honestly" set out try to create an Anglo-German Alliance in 1898 together with Lord Balfour, admitted to vetoing it if there was ever a chance of a version not to the lords' liking under discussion. Same as today, a few key figures can always veto any idea put forward, advocated on, or even decided on by majority concensus, and it did not matter how good such an idea (political proposition) is today, or was at the time. It was GB which chose "against". *In 1896, Wilhelm II therefore "turned East" and personally handed the Russian Tzar a memorandum named "On the need to form a politico-merchantile union of European states against the USA".* In it, Wilhelm expressed his desire to turn Europe ("with or without GB", but still preferably including GB) into a united power which could stand up against the rapidly rising USA. Hmmmmmmm....interesting. *"Against the USA" (sic.), and in 1918 Washington DC insisted on exactly this man to abdicate...* In 1918, Wilson representing the rapidly rising power USA, demanded that Wilhelm II should leave office in order for any peace talks to commence. Of course, the "dividers" intent on "dividing" European power into manageable bits, sat in Washington DC. With their own entry into WW1, these strategists had got their "foot in the door" of European matters: their willing "little helpers" in London and Paris thereby signed the own death warrants for their own empires. *Because if you are a dragon (an imperialist power with an "empire"), don't cuddle up to a dragon slayer (a nation whose very foundation was anti-imperialism).* Wilhelm II had to go, because he wanted a united Europe, to mirror what was happening on the other side of the Atlantic. It wasn't the "flamboyent Weltpolitic" or "nasty rhetoric" or "wanting to rule the world" (or any of the often overstated "historical details") which made Wilhelm unpopular with the other powers on the fringes of the European continent, but his desire to unite Europe in order to speak with a united voice against the rising USA. Germany's neighbors were unwilling to accept Berlin's "price tag" for such a "united Europe": more influence in the world (and a few more colonies) for Berlin. Of course, everything has a "price tag". Even the USA's "help" to "win WW1" had a price tag... To add to the above. Our history is often overburdened with judgements, rather than analyses. A certain standpoint of "my government was better than your government"-attitude plays a large role. The forms of governments which evolved (timeline) were a result of their geographical locations.

[@Gkm-]

Legend 👏 ❤

[@TheYeti308]

What would one expect, He's a Prussian. He's not folding up soon.

[@Alexandros_Makedonas]

Wait...didn;t he actually marry a second time with royal interests in mind?

[@ethanfisher-perez9620]

Who is he next to in 0:53? I know that I know who that is, but I just can't think of it.

[@therealgrixly5592]

Ethan Fisher-Perez Stanley Baldwin, Franz Von Papan?

[@kingdomofyugoslavia7673]

Franz Von Papen.

[@klauskruger6187]

I don't think it is Franz von Papen. Please go to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWG4f2Ccn82Knrs and stop at 0:50. I think it's the same person. (The man on the right.) Please let me know if I could help you.

[@bikercowboy1]

It´s definitly not Franz von Papen.

[@thermionic1234567]

The Kaiser died 23 before I was born, but I miss him nonetheless!

[@dinola3268]

Such a silly man! The best “Holzhacker“ Germany ever had!

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

1:16 for the love of......YOUR FATHER AND GENERAL GRANT DIED FROM THOSE DEATH STICKS!!!! I swear if Hitler did 1 good thing in his life, ban on smoking was it,

[@michaeldebondt1236]

Wonder if he tryd to ask asielum in belgium also lol

[@maxnawas8405]

I don’t think he did. Belgium declared itself neutral at the start of WW1, but Germany invaded anyway to get around France’s Maginot Line (the defences on the French/German border). Because of this, Belgium would’ve likely said no had Wilhelm requested asylum. If anything Belgium would’ve tried to convict him of war crimes or something like that

[@michaeldebondt1236]

@@maxnawas8405 i am from belgium the kaisers stay here wloud end up bad pretty quick

[@lalrinmawiaralte7132]

@@maxnawas8405 The Magino line was built after WW1

[@GAYPPOWER]

😷😍👍👏👏🙏🌹🇩🇪💪

[@jherman6132]

I love how they call Germany germaneh

[@princeimperialsirbrianwebb8752]

Nice to see historical footage of my Great-Grand-Cousin around other gay men in that one. He abdicated to his Cousin (then Crown Prince Adolf Hitler the Hohenzollern) in November 1918, and my Great-Grandfather Adolf had still not become Kaiser. Former Kaiser Prince Wilhelm 2 was still the FINAL emperor of Prussia in that footage.

[@brittakriep2938]

???? From 1701 to 1918 Prussia was a kingdom. Wilhelm ll of Prussia was both Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. The other german kingdoms ( in order of importance) had been Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg. Grandduchies: Baden, Hessen- Darmstadt, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Mecklenburg- Strelitz and Sachsen- Weimar- Eisenach. Duchies: Braunschweig, Anhalt, Sachsen- Altenburg, Sachsen- Meiningen and Sachsen- Coburg- Gotha. Principalities: Waldeck- Pyrmont, Lippe- Detmold, Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg- Sondershausen, Reuß- Schleitz and Reuß- Greitz. Hanseatic Towns: Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck. Imperial Territory: Elsaß- Lothringen.

[@princeimperialsirbrianwebb8752]

@@brittakriep2938 Wilhelm2 was a dual monarch (Germany and Prussia) from 1888 until 1918. He abdicated Germany to his eligible Cousin Adolf Hitler in November 1918. Wilhelm2 retained the title of Monarch of Prussia until his death in 1941, which caused that kingdom to become permanently defunct under its rules. Adolf Hitler the Hohenzollern finally became Kaiser in 1940 and died in 1982, aged 93. Leaving only me.

[@princeimperialsirbrianwebb8752]

Germany was abdicated by Wilhelm 2 to Adolf Hitler in 1918, and Wilhelm 2 retained the title of Last Emperor of Prussia until his death in 1941, which caused Prussia to become permanently defunct as he was a childless only child with no eligible heir.

[@huks9380]

someone needs his meds

[@princeimperialsirbrianwebb8752]

@@huks9380 The Constitutional Monarchy of Germany had separate rules to the Kingdom of Prussia! Germany continued, Prussia became permanently defunct.

[@Edward1312]

Outrageous that he was never held to account for his crimes and wars of agression.

[@septimiusseverus343]

Are you referring to the leaders of the Entente or the Central Powers? History is not as black and white as you make it sound.

[@nicolasberky145]

Tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid

[@neetaspirantrana]

Shut up he always cared for his people

[@Edward1312]

@@neetaspirantrana Bullshit he sent millions of Germans to their deaths in WW1