Youth loyal to the emperor

The Kaisertreue Jugend e. V. was a monarchist organization in Germany.

history

It was founded in 1922 in the Weimar Republic , where it had the legal form of a registered association . She was particularly active in the imperial capital Berlin , where she met frequently. There have also been regularly visiting trips to Huis Doorn the former until November 1918 reigning Emperor Wilhelm II. In the Dutch exile made. The new members were introduced to the head of the House of Hohenzollern , who was still regarded by the supporters of the association as a legitimate German emperor. In 1934 the youth loyal to the Kaiser was dissolved by the NSDAP . After the end of the Second World War and the Nazi dictatorship, some surviving members found themselves in the organization “ Tradition and Life ”.

Federal song

The Bundeslied the Imperialists youth wrote Hans von Felgenhauer (probably 1863-1946). The song has four stanzas and fits the melody of the Deutschlandlied . The first stanza deals with freedom, the second with law; the third compares the present with the imperial era. The fourth and last stanza calls for courageously to stand up for the emperor, as the hatred of the opponents would disappear.

literature

• Heinrich Freiherr von Massenbach: The Hohenzollerntreue movement during the Weimar period , Part III, in: Tradition and Life , No. 158, p. 14, Cologne 1962