Ramsey County History – Fall 2004: “Hamline University and its Royal Refugee: The Prince and the Pearl of Great Price”

Hamline University and its Royal Refugee: The Prince and the Pearl of Great Price
Author: John W. Larson

The author, a Hamline University graduate, recalls the impact of World War II  on the university’s students and the visit of a royal refugee from Germany. Larson, raised in a working-class neighborhood, was accepted into the university, even though his high school grades were marginal. War seemed far away at the start of his studies in the fall of 1941; however, the institution slowly became militarized. That was the situation when Prince Hubertus zu Löwenstein arrived on campus in October 1942. He had fled the Nazi regime in 1933 and was now in St. Paul, where he lectured at the school. Larson recalls some of the times he spent talking and walking with the European writer and lecturer and how his interests were greatly expanded. They did keep in touch over the years. The article includes a sidebar on the Prince and the Fascists.
PDF of Larson article