tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post164365243827151118..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: The Monarchy of Luxembourg in World War IIMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-56084946593428717642015-04-20T21:57:01.815-05:002015-04-20T21:57:01.815-05:00If you mean as part of this series, no. This is de...If you mean as part of this series, no. This is dealing with the monarchies involved in World War II and Ethiopia had ceased to be an independent monarchy several years before the war. I have posted many times about Ethiopia and will no doubt post others but it wouldn't be in the same vein as this post.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-4453431005575555592015-04-20T16:05:13.006-05:002015-04-20T16:05:13.006-05:00Will you do Ethiopia soon?Will you do Ethiopia soon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-3421307823890186362015-04-20T03:09:28.788-05:002015-04-20T03:09:28.788-05:00Well, I always had the impression that, despite th...Well, I always had the impression that, despite the important role our country played for the Nazis (Berchtesgaden as a holiday resort for Nazi high society, the annual Nuremberg Rallies, Munich als "Capital of the Movement" ertc.) the Allies, especially the Americans, had more sympathy for Bavaria than fort the rest of Germany. If I remember correctly, it was General Eisenhower himself who gave the order to fly Crown Prince Rupprecht back to Munich from Italy after the war was over.<br /><br />I’ve always been fascinated by monarchs and monarchists in exile and resistance during WW II. I don’t really remember the facts or where I have read about it, but didn’t Grand Duchess Charlotte have contact with Otto von Habsburg and Austrian legitimists in the US and Canada? What I do know is that after the war she took care of her Bavarian relatives, especially her sister’s children, who had been imprisoned at concentration camps, too.<br />Bavarian Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995523585264276540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-1122883603883319942015-04-19T19:01:23.504-05:002015-04-19T19:01:23.504-05:00Although (thankfully) Bavaria didn't suffer th...Although (thankfully) Bavaria didn't suffer the same fate as Prussia, there has been much undue criticism of Bavaria in the way of 'guilt by association' since Hitler served in the Bavarian army and started his political movement there. In fact, as I'm sure you at least know, the Royal Family staunchly opposed the Nazis and the NSDAP found the least support in areas like Bavaria and the Rhineland.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-57373034673062390112015-04-19T15:39:56.783-05:002015-04-19T15:39:56.783-05:00Thanks a lot for this article, especially for ment...Thanks a lot for this article, especially for mentioning the horrible fate of Crown Princess Antonia. At the end of the war, she was found in a hospital by a Luxembourgish officer searching for displaced Luxembourgish citizens. She was almost starved to death, so she wasn’t recognized at first… It is so very sad (but understandable) that the woman who rightfully should have been our Queen never returned to Bavaria. She is buried in Rome in the church of Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella, but at least an urn with her heart found eternal rest in Altötting.Bavarian Monarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995523585264276540noreply@blogger.com