Wilhelm II

Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Victor Albert; 1859-1941)-the last German emperor (Kaiser) and the king of Prussia. For three decades of his reign, he personified the nation, which occupied one of the first places in the world historical arena, being the leading military-economic power, which has achieved huge successes in the field of science, technology and culture. At the same time, it was Wilhelm II who was considered the main culprit in the unleashing of the First World War, which not only changed the entire system of international relations, but also laid an end to his rule.

This collection included the book of the German writer and biographer E. Ludwig (1881-1948) “The Last Hohenzollern”, telling about the little-known facts regarding the circumstances of the outbreak of the First World War, the personal relations of William II and the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and the fall of the Imperial House of the Hohenzollern; the work of the German writer and journalist P. Lindenberg (1859-1943), opening many interesting details from the cayser's everyday life; Wilhelm II memoirs “Events and People”, in which he shares his thoughts and judgments about the past and present Germany, talks about the immediate environment and gives an assessment of historical events.

published works from different sides cover an extraordinary and contradictory person Wilhelm II, giving the reader the opportunity to make a detailed and objective representation about him.