Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down112
arrow-up1289arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWell, it’s true, Kaiser Wilhelm did lose WW1 for Germany by starting it.
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAlso his decision to pay the war debt (which, yes, was wildly insane to even charge them with) by printing so much money it lost all value outside of fule for bakers, and insulation for homes really harmed Germany.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoHe wasn’t the leader of the Weimarer Republik
Well, it’s true, Kaiser Wilhelm did lose WW1 for Germany by starting it.
Also his decision to pay the war debt (which, yes, was wildly insane to even charge them with) by printing so much money it lost all value outside of fule for bakers, and insulation for homes really harmed Germany.
He wasn’t the leader of the Weimarer Republik