Editing Wilhelm II (section)

=== Anti-England, antisemitic, and anti-Freemason views ===
During his last year at Doorn, Wilhelm believed that Germany was still the land of monarchy and Christianity, while England was the land of [[classical liberalism]] and therefore of [[Satan]] and the [[Antichrist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Conflict, Catastrophe and Continuity: Essays on Modern German History|last=Röhl|first=John C. G.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2014|isbn=9780521844314|pages=1263|ref=none}}</ref> He argued that the [[English nobility]] were "[[Freemasons]] thoroughly infected by Juda".<ref name=":0"/> Wilhelm asserted that the "British people must be ''liberated'' from ''Antichrist Juda''. We must drive Juda out of England just as he has been chased out of the Continent."{{sfn|Röhl|1996|p=211}}

He also believed a [[conspiracy theory]] that [[Anglo-American Freemasonry]] and the Jews had caused both world wars, and were aiming for a world empire financed by British and American gold, but that "Juda's plan has been smashed to pieces and they themselves swept out of the European Continent!"<ref name=":0"/> Continental Europe was now, Wilhelm wrote, "consolidating and closing itself off from British influences after the elimination of the British and the Jews!" The result would be a "[[U.S. of Europe]]!"{{sfn|Röhl|1996|p=212}} In a 1940 letter to his sister [[Princess Margaret of Prussia|Princess Margaret]], Wilhelm wrote: "The hand of God is creating a new world & working &nbsp;... We are becoming the U.S. of Europe under German leadership, a united European Continent." He added: "The Jews [are] being thrust out of their nefarious positions in all countries, whom they have driven to hostility for centuries."{{Sfn | Petropoulos | 2006 | p = 170}}

Also, in 1940 came what would have been his mother's 100th birthday. Despite their very troubled relationship, Wilhelm wrote to a friend, "Today the 100th birthday of my mother! No notice is taken of it at home! No 'Memorial Service' or&nbsp;... committee to remember her marvellous work for the&nbsp;... welfare of our German people&nbsp;... Nobody of the new generation knows anything about her."{{Sfn | Pakula | 1997 | p = 602}}
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File:Ex-keizer Wilhelm II met nieuwe baard door Ruben Velleman gefotografeerd — urn-gvn-SFA03-SFA001018553-large.jpg|Wilhelm in Amerongen, 1919
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00679, Niederlande, Haus Doorn.jpg|[[Huis Doorn]] in 1925
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 136-C0804, Kaiser Wilhelm II. im Exil.jpg|Wilhelm in 1933
File:Huisdoorn.JPG|Huis Doorn in October 2004
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