The Danish royal house’s alleged Nazi sympathies are the subject of the book “Scratches in the paint – the royal house’s connections to Hitler’s Germany”, penned by Peter Kramer.
The book received mixed reviews when it came out in September, and the historian Steen Andersen, who is a senior researcher at the Danish National Archives, referred to it as “dirty literature”.
In an interview with the newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad, Queen Margrethe comments on the book. She calls the claim of Nazi sympathies exaggerated.
Terrible
Queen Margrete confirms that in 1937 the parents attended an exhibition organized by the German Hunters’ Association, which was then led by Adolf Hitler’s right-hand man, Field Marshal Hermann Göring.
– My parents attended a theater performance and a dinner with Göring. There were pictures of it in the magazines. My mother thought that Göring was quite terrifying. Yes, she really thought he was horrible. She didn’t appreciate him in the slightest, she says in the interview.
Wagner follower
Queen Margrethe further confirms that her father was on a private visit to the German city of Bayreuth several times in the years 1935 to 1939, as a result of his interest in the composer Richard Wagner.
Hitler was also a great fan of Wagner and a frequent guest in Bayreuth, but according to Queen Margrethe, King Frederik IX did not meet him there. And the Danish king was happy about that, she says.
In January, Queen Margrethe left the throne to her son Frederik.
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In light of Queen Margrethe’s recent comments regarding her parents’ alleged connections to Nazi Germany, how do you think the public should approach historical narratives about prominent figures and their possible affiliations during tumultuous times? Do you believe that her confirmation of their attendance at events involving key Nazi figures should warrant further scrutiny, or do you think context matters more than past associations? Let’s discuss the balance between historical fact and interpretation in shaping our understanding of such legacies.
