Ludwig von Drake vs. Egmont

[L. Schulte]

Don Rosa made a comment here that Egmont considered Ludwig von Drake 
"officially dead", and it made me wonder - (I teach German and several 
other things in a Catholic boys' high school) - if there is perhaps an 
anti-German sentiment in Egmont's decision, although Ludwig is  - I would 
suppose - not really German, but an Austrian from Vienna.  Still, a German 
accent is a German accent, and given past history, perhaps the Dutchmen do 
not want to include Ludwig for political reasons (?).
Or is there a solid business/"literary" basis for the ban?  Do they believe 
it is too difficult to explain the genetic connection between a family of 
Ducks with Scotch ancestry and someone from Vienna?

Concerning Paul Frees, and knowing a wee bit about how the soundtracks for 
cartoons are made with actors,  I would say it is quite possible that Mr. 
Frees was ad-libbing some of Ludwig's asides in the cartoons.