During his exile in the Netherlands, former Kaiser Wilhelm II cut down thousands of trees as a coping mechanism and for exercise (thelemmy.club)

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[-] Grumpus_Maximus 5 points 8 hours ago

Hitler I think frequently mentioned stuff about bringing back kaiser. And I think wilhelm did inquire "if I can return" and then hitler allegedly said kaiser must be a total moron to think he can just get monarchy back. If memory serves

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