#wilhelmII

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"Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world"

- Wilhelm II

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Universität Münster

Das Votum gegen Wilhelm II. bei der gerade erfolgten Abstimmung zur Namensänderung der Universität Münster war eindeutig. Aus organisatorischen Gründen von Groucho Marx der legendären ,Marx-Brothers‘ vertreten, macht er noch ne gute Figur.

Klar, der Willy war eh kein Westfale, a Preiß halt, ein Zugroaster!

Groucho-Marx-Universität in Münster wäre ja vielleicht gegangen oder sein Bruder Harpo hätte vielleicht spaßeshalber mitgemacht?

[professorpski]

A pair of large tortoise-shell spectacles straddled a big beak-like nose, and he wore a heavyish blond moustache with its points trained upwards and outwards rather after the fashion made famous in the Fatherland by William Hohenzollern. In his ill-cut suit of cheap-looking serge, which he wore with a pea-green toe. Robin thought he looked altogether a typical specimen of the German of the non-commissioned office class.

Valentine Williams describes this character in The Yellow Streak, a mystery novel from 1922. Although many people tend to think of fashion as something for women, this description makes clear not only the fashion in clothing but in facial hair which rules men’s appearance. It’s not like groups men all ended up looking alike by accident.

The William Hohenzollern here is Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor who abdicated at the end of World War I in 1918. Wikipedia has a portrait which shows off the mustache style here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor

Robin is our hero, an Englishman, who shares Williams’ own contempt for most things German, including this character who is not very helpful at first.

[thorsten-j-pattberg-books]

Title: Diary of a Mad Imperialist

ISBN: 9780984209149

Subtitle: With an Essay on the Spirit of the German People

Author: Thorsten J. Pattberg

Author Sort Name: Pattberg, Thorsten

Language: English

Publisher: LoD Press, New York

Original Publication Date: Dec 17, 2014

Print Length: 41 pages

Category: History/China

https://sites.google.com/view/diary-of-a-mad-imperialist

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NEW MAP: Northern Africa 1911: Agadir Crisis (01 Jul 1911) https://buff.ly/3gkODyZ In 1911 France sent troops to suppress a rebellion in Morocco. Germany promptly claimed the 1906 Algeciras Agreement had been violated and sent a gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir. However, France was backed by the Russians (their allies) and the British (who were alarmed by Germany's growing naval power). In the end Germany backed down, accepting French control of Morocco in return for gains in equatorial Africa. #1910s #1911 #20thcentury #axisandallies #egypt #frenchempire #geopolitics #germanempire #historic #history #historylesson #historylovers #historynerd #instahistory #july #july1 #frenchmoroccan #map #mapmaking #maps #modernhistory #morocco #northernafrica #kaiserwilhelm #wilhelmii #britishempire #colonialism #imperialist #entente #newmap (at Agadir, Morocco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CApPul7godK/?igshid=1s3wkiyhvlax3

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Ride the sunset sky... #cachetag #кэштег #designofoto #sculpture #скульптура #кёльн #wilhelmII (at Reiterstandbild Kaiser Wilhelm II)

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Illustration: The Berliner Dom cupola #cupola #berlinerdom #cathedral #church #architecture #arquitetura #arquitectura #neorenaissance #juliusandottoraschdorff #wilhelmII #berlin #mitte #germany #illustration #ilustração #illustrazione #ilustración #ilustracja #darstellung

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KAISER WILHELM II AND HIS SECOND WOFE HERMINE VON REUSS by the lost gallery on Flickr.

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Mitte from Berliner Dom #mitte #downtown #berlinerdom #cathedral #church #architecture #arquitetura #arquitectura #neorenaissance #juliusandottoraschdorff #wilhelmII #berlin #mitte #germany

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Berliner Dom and Fernsehturm #berlinerdom #fernsehturm #cathedral #church #architecture #arquitetura #arquitectura #neorenaissance #juliusandottoraschdorff #wilhelmII #berlin #mitte #germany

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Sideview of the Berliner Dom #berlinerdom #cathedral #church #architecture #arquitetura #arquitectura #neorenaissance #juliusandottoraschdorff #wilhelmII #berlin #mitte #germany

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Wilhelm Ii on Flickr.