German-born Prince Bernhard, late grandfather of King Willem-Alexander, had denied being a paid party member
The royal household of the Netherlands has confirmed the authenticity of a Nazi membership card belonging to the Dutch king’s grandfather, bringing an end to the decades-long suspicions that had swirled around Prince Bernhard.
Claims of ties between Bernhard, a German aristocrat who married into the Dutch royal family in the 1930, and the Nazi party began to pile up in the late 1990s after a Dutch historian said he had found a copy of the card in a US archive.
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