Gary, "Hermine" is a female name, but it could well be a cover name for a man. This is all I can contribute to your problem except asking friends of mine in Switzerland and Italy whose field is modern European history (but who have shunned the Internet so far and so it will take some time to get results). And maybe a footnote: when the Kaiser died in Doorn in June 1941 Hitler ordered a state funeral with all military honours. Günter
Gary Kern schrieb: > Gary Kern wrote: > > > > Dear Jüngerites: > > > > Would anyone on the list be able to answer this question about Kaiser > > Wilhelm II? I am researching a Soviet plot to overthrow Hitler early in > > 1937. The Kaiser was approached in Doorn, Holland, where he lived in > > exile, and someone on his staff named Hermine liked the idea. So it was > > taken to Stalin, who didn't like it. He pointed to a map and said that > > London was closer to Berlin than Moscow, and if the British didn't try > > then they must have had reasons. The plan was dropped. > > > > My question is, who was Hermine? The Kaiser's son, his secretary, his > > guard? My only reference is an unpublished scrap in Russian. > > > > GK > ****************** > Correction: > > Stalin said that London was closer to Doorn. The plot involved Nazi > soldiers partial to the Kaiser. > > My main question remains: Who was Hermine? > > GK >
