The Reichskommissariat Niederlande, formally the Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories, was the civilian occupation regime set up by Germany in the German-occupied Netherlands during W
Arthur Seyss-Inquart in The Hague
Regional Standards of the Dutch SS
An NSB rally in Amsterdam, 27 June 1941
Collaborationist propaganda, 1944
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Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication in 1918. His fall from power marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 400-year rule over Prussia.
Reichskommissariat Niederlande
…anticipated the direct integration of the Netherlands into the expanding Third Reich. Since abdicating the Imperial throne in 1918, former German Kaiser Wilhelm II had been living in the Netherlands. Since the invasion, Wehrmacht soldiers guarded his house. Wilhelm hoped he could persuade Hitler or the Berlin…
Wilhelm in 1902
Wilhelm in 1867, aged 8
Wedding of Prince Henry of Prussia with Princess Irene of Hesse on 24 May 1888. The future emperor Wilhelm II is on the right. The emperor Frederick III is seated on the left and would have died just three weeks after.
Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor who effectively dictated German policy until Wilhelm II assumed the throne in 1888