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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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- Sunday, September 14, 1941
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Charles Lindbergh Makes ‘Un-American’ Speech
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- Newspaper
- Page Section and Number
- B4
- Author/Byline
- Herman Lowenstein
- Article Text
- Phoenix.
Editor,
Arizona Republic,
Sir:
The following quoted words of Mr. (Charles A.) Lindbergh's address of Thursday night imply he is a Nazi at heart and inconsistent:
"If it were not for her hope that she can make the United States responsible for war financially as well as militarily, I believe England would have negotiated a peace in Europe many months ago and be better off for doing so."
Here, in saying England "would be better off for doing so," Lindbergh shows he prefers Nazi principles rather than democratic ones; also he shows he prefers the control by the Nazis in Europe rather than to have such control governed by democratic elements.
Lindbergh also insinuates that America is the principal most responsible for the present fighting Europe in the words, "that she can make the United States responsible for the war financially as well as militarily."
Further, Lindbergh says: "No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany." His attitude at the present time not only condones this persecution in Germany but also in all of Europe under Nazi domination in the sense that he favors the victory of Hitler.
For us victory to back down and forsake the British and all the Nazi-dominated countries in Europe at this time, due to circumstances as they now are, would certainly have us inherit the hatred of all these peoples and evil consequences, which would be worse than involvement. Who wants this to happen?
HERMAN LOWENSTEIN
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Learn More about this Historical Event: Charles Lindbergh Makes ‘Un-American’ Speech
- The United States and the Holocaust (Encyclopedia article)
- Transcript of Lindbergh’s September 11, 1941, speech in Des Moines, Iowa (PBS, American Experience)
- Fallen Hero: Charles Lindbergh in the 1940s (PBS, American Experience)
- Charles Lindbergh's - September 11, 1941 Speech in Des Moines, Iowa (partial audio; Spirit of St. Louis 2 Project)
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