Chapter 43:
September 5, 1939
Kassel, 9th Military District, Central Germany, and Frankfurt, the New Government's provisional capital Despite its shortage of troops, the New Government had mobilized forces transferred from Bavaria to be deployed to the Brandenburg front, and was using them to greet Crown Prince Wilhelm in a rather grand-looking parade.
"Heil Kaiser!"
"Long live the House of Hohenzollern!"
Meanwhile, the royalists must have learned a thing or two from the Nazis, for they seemed to have hired some people to stir up the crowd.
There were a few people among the citizens praising the imperial family, but most of the citizens of Frankfurt did not go beyond showing interest in the rare spectacle.
Strictly speaking, since the monarchy had been officially abolished in Germany, Wilhelm should be called a claimant to the imperial throne rather than a Crown Prince.
Of course, if I were to say that out loud, the extreme royalists who already hated me would probably try to have me removed immediately.
Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife, Crown Princess Cecilie, alighted from the train with rather satisfied expressions, waving to the citizens as they approached us.