Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-up1306arrow-down111cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1295arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareSnowclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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
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