Bedsole History from 1673 With Documentation - NCGenWeb

Jan. 18, 1871, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
The North German Confederation was abolished, and the Second German Reich, consisting of the North and
South German states, was born. With a powerful army, an efficient bureaucracy, and a loyal bourgeoisie,
Chancellor Bismarck consolidated a powerful centralized state. Wilhelm II dismissed Bismarck in 1890 and
embarked upon a “New Course,” stressing an intensified colonialism and a powerful navy. His chaotic foreign
policy culminated in the diplomatic isolation of Germany and the disastrous defeat in World War I (1914–
1918). The Second German Empire collapsed following the defeat of the German armies in 1918, the naval
mutiny at Kiel, and the flight of the kaiser to the Netherlands. The Social Democrats, led by Friedrich Ebert
and Philipp Scheidemann, crushed the Communists and established a moderate state, known as the Weimar
Republic, with Ebert as president. President Ebert died on Feb. 28, 1925, and on April 26, Field Marshal Paul
von Hindenburg was elected president. The majority of Germans regarded the Weimar Republic as a child of
defeat, imposed on a Germany whose legitimate aspirations to world leadership had been thwarted by a
worldwide conspiracy. Added to this were a crippling currency debacle, a tremendous burden of reparations,
and acute economic distress. If you ever go to Germany to research the
Bedsoles (Betzolds), you will learn much more than you ever wanted know about all that. So allow at least
5 years and at least two million dollars for such a trip. You'll need translators too, by the way.
Adolf Hitler And WWII
Adolf Hitler, an Austrian war veteran (Corporal) and a fanatical nationalist, fanned discontent by promising a
Greater Germany, abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles, restoration of Germany's lost colonies, and the
destruction of the Jews, whom he scapegoated as the reason for Germany's downfall and depressed
economy. When the Social Democrats and the Communists refused to combine against the Nazi threat,
President von Hindenburg made Hitler the chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933. With the death of von Hindenburg on
Aug. 2, 1934, Hitler repudiated the Treaty of Versailles and began full-scale rearmament. In 1935, he
withdrew Germany from the League of Nations, and the next year he reoccupied the Rhineland and signed
the Anti-Comintern pact with Japan, at the same time strengthening relations with Italy. Austria was annexed
in March 1938. By the Munich agreement in Sept. 1938, he gained the Czech Sudetenland, and in violation
of this agreement he completed the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. His invasion of
Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, precipitated World War II. Hitler established death camps to carry out “the final
solution to the Jewish question.” By the end of the war, Hitler's Holocaust had killed 6 million Jews, as well as
Gypsies, homosexuals, Communists, the handicapped, and others not fitting the Aryan ideal. After some
dazzling initial successes in 1939–1942, Germany surrendered unconditionally to Allied and Soviet military
commanders on May 8, 1945. On June 5 the four-nation Allied Control Council became the de facto
government of Germany.
Prussia, (Now Germany) Where It Appears The Bedsoles Originated.
According to its history, Prussia was a region in central europe, extending from the southeastern coast of the
Baltic Sea to the Masurian Lake District. Today its previous land makes up parts of Russia, Germany, Poland
and Lithuania. The Vikings inhabited parts of Prussia at one time. Historical books record Prussians as early
as the year 1072. Many attempts were made over the centuries, by various "Conquerers" to capture and
occupy Prussia, without success. By Adalbert of Prague, Boleslaw of Prague, and various others during the
years 997, 1015, 1147, 1161, and 1166. Prussia was finaly conquered by the Teutonic Knights. In 1492, "The
Life Of Dorothea Of Montau", became the first printed publication in Prussia. The whole country became the
Kingdom Of Prussia in 1701. In 1871,during the creation of The German Empire and the Unification Of
Germany, Prussia became part of Germany. But in accordance with the Potsdam Conference in 1945,
following World War II, the Prussian region was divided between Russia and Poland. Consequently, the
country of Prussia was dissolved and ceased to exist in 1947. This provides some historical background for
understanding me when I tell you that the surname BEDSOLE, by any variations in spelling, originated in
Prussia, not in Austria, Switzerland, Egypt, Russia, Ireland, England and etc., as is claimed by a variety of