Duke of Brunswick sells property

July 15, 1933

Is the Duke of Brunswick "hard up for cash"? According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the Duke, who is married to Kaiser Wilhelm's daughter, Viktoria Luise, was "forced to sell" a part of his estate to a German industrialist. The sale comprises 1500 acres in the Harz mountains. The Duke used to draw a "large income from the woods," but due to a fall in timber prices, "the cost for upkeep has exceeded the revenues in recent years."