The former head of the Dutch royal family s palace archives found the original membership card in the Prince s personal effects - and its authenticity has been officially verified by government officials
He maintained he was not a Nazi, declaring in 2004 that "I can declare with my hand on the bible: I was never a Nazi." However, recently discovered documents prove otherwise.
Prince Bernhard’s original membership card to the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler’s party, was found in the prince’s private archives. Flip Maarschakerweerd revealed that he found this convincing evidence that the Dutch prince had belonged to the Nazi party in his book De achterblijvers, which will be published on Wednesday.
A historian says he found the original membership card showing the Dutch late Prince Bernhard was a member of Hitler's Nazi party. This was broadly known and little doubted, but Bernhard went to his grave denying it.