That description sounds as if it's distinctly 19th or early 20th century in the making, because post 1945 no one says "Vaterland" anymore. ("Heimat", otoh, is still okay.)
"Here during his flight on 4/5 August Frederick the Great got preserved for the fatherland" does sound like whoever wrote the inscription was glad that Fritz didn't escape, no doubt. You might take comfort in the fact that anyone supporting that idea is undoubtedly miffed there is no more Prussia and has not been for a hundred years. (It continued as a province post WWI but not as a Kingdom, and post WWII it was dissolved entirely.)
On that note, the latest from Current Hohenzollern Boss vs German States: Battle of the historians.
To recapitulate: Prinz of Hohenzollern: We want money, paintings and castles. You owe us for Fritz. And other glorious contributions my family made to German history.
Representatives of current day Brandenburg: Like Willy and WWI, you mean? No dice.
Current embodiment of Hohenzollern nuttery: But! There's this law from 1991 saying those nobles who got disowned by the Sowjets when the GDR got founded get their stuff back, or at least compensation.
State representatives: That law has an exception clause: "Unless said nobles supported the Nazis in significant ways." You want to talk Son of Willy chumming around with Hitler, your highness?
Prince: Son of Willy was misunderstood, AND I WILL HIRE THE HISTORIANS TO PROVE IT.
State guys: Bring it on!
And now the conclusion: Historians hired by current day Brandenburg: Stephan Malinowski and Peter Brandt.
Historians hired by Willy's great grandson: Christopher Clark and Wolfgang Pyta.
Christopher Clark: Eh, Son of Willy was an insignificant figure. He didn't matter to anyone.
Wolfgang Pyta: Son of Willy was a secret resistance fighter! He hung out with someone who knew Stauffenberg!
Peter Brandt and Stephan Malinowski: Son of Willy and Willy, for that matter, were deluded enough to believe Hitler would reintroduce the monarchy and were totally willing to play along to that end. Now let's talk about why the hell the Weimar Republic was so lenient to the German nobility in the first place that such a lot of them were still in positions of influence come the Third Reich!
Re: Escape attempt
"Here during his flight on 4/5 August Frederick the Great got preserved for the fatherland" does sound like whoever wrote the inscription was glad that Fritz didn't escape, no doubt. You might take comfort in the fact that anyone supporting that idea is undoubtedly miffed there is no more Prussia and has not been for a hundred years. (It continued as a province post WWI but not as a Kingdom, and post WWII it was dissolved entirely.)
On that note, the latest from Current Hohenzollern Boss vs German States: Battle of the historians.
To recapitulate: Prinz of Hohenzollern: We want money, paintings and castles. You owe us for Fritz. And other glorious contributions my family made to German history.
Representatives of current day Brandenburg: Like Willy and WWI, you mean? No dice.
Current embodiment of Hohenzollern nuttery: But! There's this law from 1991 saying those nobles who got disowned by the Sowjets when the GDR got founded get their stuff back, or at least compensation.
State representatives: That law has an exception clause: "Unless said nobles supported the Nazis in significant ways." You want to talk Son of Willy chumming around with Hitler, your highness?
Prince: Son of Willy was misunderstood, AND I WILL HIRE THE HISTORIANS TO PROVE IT.
State guys: Bring it on!
And now the conclusion: Historians hired by current day Brandenburg: Stephan Malinowski and Peter Brandt.
Historians hired by Willy's great grandson: Christopher Clark and Wolfgang Pyta.
Christopher Clark: Eh, Son of Willy was an insignificant figure. He didn't matter to anyone.
Wolfgang Pyta: Son of Willy was a secret resistance fighter! He hung out with someone who knew Stauffenberg!
Peter Brandt and Stephan Malinowski: Son of Willy and Willy, for that matter, were deluded enough to believe Hitler would reintroduce the monarchy and were totally willing to play along to that end. Now let's talk about why the hell the Weimar Republic was so lenient to the German nobility in the first place that such a lot of them were still in positions of influence come the Third Reich!