{"title":"Photos - Prince August Wilhelm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhotos of Prince August Wilhelm – The controversial Hohenzollern through the ages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe photographs of \u003cstrong\u003ePrince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887–1949)\u003c\/strong\u003e depict the fourth son of Kaiser Wilhelm II in various phases of his life—from imperial officer to Nazi Party politician to convicted official after World War II. As a member of the imperial family, he grew up in the New Palace in Potsdam and later studied in Bonn, Berlin, and Strasbourg. In 1908, he married \u003cstrong\u003ePrincess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein\u003c\/strong\u003e , with whom he had a son: \u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Ferdinand of Prussia\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eParticularly striking are photos from the 1930s that show him as a sympathizer of the Nazi regime—a role that politically discredited him and later led to his internment by the Allies. After his prison sentence, he lived a secluded life and died of lung cancer in Stuttgart in 1949.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.kaiser-wilhelm.shop\/en\/collections\/fotos-august-wilhelm.oembed","provider":"KAISER WILHELM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}