Today in history, 1941, Des Moines: Lindbergh denounces the Jews

CharlesLindbergh.com ^ | 9/11/1941

[iowamark]

Lindbergh denounces the British, "the Jewish", and the FDR administration. Britain cannot "win the war she declared on Germany." He threatens the Jews: "Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength. History shows that it cannot survive war and devastations."

Interestingly, Lindbergh makes no mention of the Communists, although the war had shifted to the USSR.

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[leaning conservative]

Bkmk

[babble-on]

What a piece of s&17 he was.

[DesertRhino]

Fantastic pilot. No good as a human being. Henry Ford with wings.

[DungeonMaster]

Was he completely ignorant of what was really going on?

[babble-on]

No, he was in favor of what was going on.

[Yaelle]

[BenLurkin]

Misleading headline

He denounces FDR.

[DungeonMaster]

No, he was in favor of what was going on.

Is there proof of that?

[dainbramaged]

A few years ago some documentary presented the story that Charles Lindbergh killed his own child and faked the kidnapping.

[BenLurkin]

Only one mention of Communists. Paragraph 14 last line.

[reg45]

Lindbergh did mention the Communists, one line.

... add to these the Communistic groups who were opposed to intervention until a few weeks ago, and I believe I have named the major war agitators in this country.

The speech was probably written weeks earlier when the Communists were allied with Nazi Germany. He would have had to add an entire new section to cover them.

[Leaning Right]

From the article:

"It is not difficult to understand why Jewish people desire the overthrow of Nazi Germany. The persecution they suffered in Germany would be sufficient to make bitter enemies of any race.

No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany."

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So Lindbergh's comments were more reasonable than the headline suggests. His greatest sin in this article was that he believed that an isolationist policy was the way to go.

But who can be sure? Maybe he really wanted Germany to win, but was afraid of saying so directly.

[Huskrrrr]

He referred to them as “The Jewish problem.”

[Huskrrrr]

...Before the war.

[babble-on]

He was an ardent Nazi and subscribed to all of their beliefs. His speeches were written by Nazis. He was wholeheartedly in favor of their entire governing program.

[SkyDancer]

Didn’t he accept some sort of medal from Hitler?

[logician2u]

Before long, lecture halls that were open to the advocates of war were closed to speakers who opposed it. A fear campaign was inaugurated.

Yet Lindbergh apparently had an opportunity to address the people of Iowa in 1941.

Such rhetoric would likely not go over too well in public these days, since we have PC police in colleges, broadcast studios and on the internet to keep things within the proper bounds of discussion.

Thanks for posting this as a reminder of how far we've come as a nation.

[Boogieman]

“Interestingly, Lindbergh makes no mention of the Communists, although the war had shifted to the USSR.”

Doesn’t he?:

“Add to these the Communistic groups who were opposed to intervention until a few weeks ago, and I believe I have named the major war agitators in this country.”

[BenLurkin]

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2012/01/17/last-chance-to-see-charles-lindberghs-nazi-medal