Wilhelm II labeled Reichstag with Poles a circus of monkeys. He shifted from initial thaw to aggressive anti-Polish rhetoric calling out Polish arrogance. Kulturkampf strengthened Polish national identity against germanization. Poles boycotted Wilhelm's visits and mocked him via satire and theater. Polish MPs traded armament support for cultural concessions from Germany. Poles equated German African colonialism atrocities to their own repression in Prussia. Wilhelm glorified Teutonic Knights as civilizing force against Poles. He rebuilt Malbork Castle as symbol of German eastward mission against Polish ''insolence''. Wilhelm delusionally believed Poles under Russia craved German rule. His policies marginalized pro-German Polish politicians. Poles predicted ''second Grunwald'' against Wilhelm's anti-Polish stance. Wilhelm's scandals fueled Polish caricatures. His flawed views doomed German plans for post-Russian Poland. Wilhelm claimed in 1939 he created Poland.