I read somewhere once, can't remember where, in which Alexandra said that the Germany of World War One, was no longer the Germany of her birth. That Kaiser Wilhelm II had changed it.
So, I have to wonder, what would Alexandra have thought of Adolf Hitler and what he did to Germany? His regime was much worse than the Kaiser's. Would Alexandra have been horrified and repulsed at what Hitler did? Would she have wondered just why her people went along with it? How would she have felt when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa against Russia, her adopted country (which did a lot more damage to Russia than the Kaiser's army did).
In our alternate reality story, Days Of OTMA's Lives, RHB and I touched upon this. Given glimpses of the future, Alexandra is horrified. Here is a line I wrote:
I love Russia, but Germany is the land of my birth, and will always have a place in my heart. What Hitler and those like him are doing there makes me sick, it makes me ashamed of being German, and I hate that! I HATE THAT!
I think it captures the feeling well. One has to wonder if Alexandra had really lived, would she have felt the same.
Interesting note, one of Alexandra's favourite symbols was the swastika. Before the Nazis adopted it for their party, it used to mean good fortune, or something to that effect. Needless to say, that has changed.
What do you all think?