Georg Friedrich with his Wife Sophie Johanna Maria, Palace Sanssouci, Potsdam, Rene Teichmann / Shutterstock
How a German political stunt using Holocaust victims’ remains went disastrously wrongĪ picturesque Bavarian town shows that Germany isn't confronting its Nazi past My aunt had a dinner party, and then she took her guests to kill 180 Jews After all, from his place of exile in Holland, the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm hoped for the fall of the Weimar Republic, and in the early 1930s he even expressed hope that Hitler would restore the monarchy – as was the case in fascist Italy. According to German law, demands for property restitution are rejected out of hand if the plaintiff or his ancestors provided “significant support” to the Nazis, and accordingly, the Prussian royal family’s request was denied. The historical aspect of the story is tied to the House of Hohenzollern’s involvement in the Nazi regime. He usually does not advocate for restoring Germany’s monarchy, and notes that the matter “is not on the agenda at the moment.” At this stage, he is demanding that Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam and the royal crown of the German empire be returned to the family. Artist Keller, Ferdinand / Fine Art Images / Heritage Image Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin. Group portrait of the Imperial family (on the occasion of the silver wedding), 1906. In recent years Friedrich has been busy bolstering his family’s image and launching a brand of royal Prussian beer, among other things. The present head of the House of Hohenzollern is Georg Friedrich, prince of Prussia – an energetic businessman and the legal heir of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who went into exile at the end of World War I.
The Prussian royal family, which was deposed 100 years ago, is demanding the return of several of the family’s principal assets, which were confiscated after World War II. The focal point is a demand to restore the property of the most famous family in German history: the Hohenzollerns. The German press has been preoccupied in recent weeks with a story rooted deep in the shadows of the past. Georg Friedrich of Prussia (C) and Princess Sophie of Prussia (R) at the New Palace in Potsdam, Germany, 26 April 2012 dpa / Alamy Stock Photo