The Death of Kaiser Wilhelm *

So I was in a bar last night and, during a brief lull in the punk music, I heard this snatch of conversation from the two men behind me:

Guy #1: ...so he was assassinated in 1937.
Guy #2: He invented the dildo.

Then the music crashed back on. I am insanely curious as to who these guys were talking about. Their use of the term 'assassinated' makes it sound like a political figure, but dildo?
I considered researching this further, but I don't think googling 'dildo' and 'political figure' will result in anything too helpful.


*Incidentally, I am not suggesting that Kaiser Wilhelm was assassinated or invented the dildo, in case any of you are history students using this site as a reference.