WI Monarchist East

What if the former East Germany potentially in spite of Communism and the memory of Weimar became a largely pro-Monarchist society. How would this effect German politics post-unification? Would this new regional mainstream remain regional or perhaps begin to spark something like a Royalist Hipster among more Metropolitan circles of Germany? Would the movement be largely linked to the CDU or would a new Monarchist party take the reigns? Could this increase support for a Wittelsbach restoration within Bavarian separatist circles?
 
I doubt that. Monarchy was overthrown 70 years earlier so it is already bit hard rise monarchism. And West Germany was much more stable than Weimar Germany so East Germany hardly would go to monarchist.
 
For some reason a number of aristocrats found refuge in the east. Other low status united front parties loved the status on comrade von so and so, sitting in the volkshammer.
 
For real it is very doubtful. East Germany nationalized all the lands of the junkers so they cannot claim anything. The memory of Weimar was basically the one of a bourgeois republic under siege from reactionary and fascist. Nobles=reactionaries. Communist firmly believed in establishing a new State without them (or despite them).

If aristocrats looked for refugee they would better look elsewhere. Early purges in East Europe had the aristocrats has the first in the list (non revolutionary and reactionary landed class to say the least of them) it would be dangerous to claim in public status of aristocrat, no benefit of it politically. Well, except being stripped of any right and expropriated.

Besides there is a memory and public awareness, independent of propaganda, that all nobles were reactionary to the Weimar Republic and it did not help they conspired for its overthrow and later gladly accepted the III Reich. With that kind past behind them it is doubtful they will have firm democratic or antifascists credentials in the eyes of the communist party.

To claim honours would also be against the task of building a workers' and farmers' state that would become a classless society as it was publicly stated. So any one that claim honours would be pursuited, demoted and thrown out of any political position if he claimed any ''von'' status.
 
im not saying they had any real power. For example Palus the loser at stalingrad, was made an east german police offical. There resources and reputation kept a few in line.
 
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