We’re ruining our first person as Kate tells us the dirt on thrill-seeking American hero (and fan of Nazi Germany) Charles Lindbergh. 

It’s a story that’s all the more frustrating because it could have been so romantic! Charles’ early days sound like a thrilling fairytale, and he could have been a highly influential catalyst for positive change. Instead, Charles devolved into a stubborn, deeply problematic figure who insisted on expressing opinions that would put him at odds with President Roosevelt and tarnish the Lindbergh legacy forever. 

Oh, and then there’s the womanizing.

We hope you (don’t) enjoy this deeply disappointing look at Lindbergh’s life and controversies.

References

https://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindbergh

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversies

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/concentration-camps-1939-42

http://www.charleslindbergh.com/ny/105.asp

https://www.biography.com/history-culture/charles-lindbergh

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/early#:~:text=Learning%20to%20fly,Aircraft%20Corporation%20in%20Lincoln%2C%20Nebraska. 

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/transatlantic-100

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/promoting

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/anne

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/aviation/commercial

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping

https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1726&context=lcp

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_688713

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2621292/

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2014/August%202014/0814lindbergh.pdf

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachau

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-race-laws

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/controversies

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-fallen-hero/

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939#:~:text=German%20troops%20invaded%20Poland%20on,declared%20war%20on%20Nazi%20Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/05/america-first-was-not-a-pro-nazi-organisation

https://www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-charles-lindberghs-des-moines-speech#:~:text=Lindbergh%20couldn't%20have%20been,United%20States

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/other-occupations/environmentalist

https://www.mnhs.org/sites/default/files/-paragraphs/image/edit/cal_700x470_environmentalist.jpg

https://www.mnhs.org/lindbergh/learn/family/double-life

https://www.today.com/popculture/book-lindbergh-had-children-europe-wbna8088935

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