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...understood that Jews were bitter about persecution in Germany, but warned, "instead of agitating for war, Jewish groups should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among the first to feel its consequences." He had written in his diary two years earlier, after the Crystalnight pogrom. "They (the Germans) undoubtedly have a difficult Jewish problem, but why is it necessary to handle it so unreasonably." Cole refrains from personally expressing his views on the Des Moines speech, and from placing a value judgment on Lindbergh's obvious anti-Semitism. Instead he charges that government officials, like...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: 'Lucky Lindy' | 3/1/1975 | See Source »

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