Lindbergh by Woody Guthrie

Album: Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4 (1944)

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Charles Lindbergh, a famed American aviator maligned in Woody Guthrie's song "Lindbergh."

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AnonymousWho wrote this lopsided piece? Lindbergh was clearly an antisemite and a Nazi sympathizer.
Horsehockey from Butte, MtThere is ample historical documentation that Lindbergh was both an anti-Semite and a Nazi sympathizer. In October 1938, he accepted a medal from Herman Goering, and continued to oppose American involvement in the war even after Kristallnacht and while Germans were bombing London.
Jim Mccord from MarylandI'm impressed with the fairness of your review of Guthrie vs. Lindbergh.
Amelia from NevadaUnwarranted? Even his f--king wikipedia page notes that he was a white supremacist who openly supported the Nazi's anti-semitism. He even mentions the "Jewish Question" in his diary entry about Kristallnacht and also stated he preferred a 'racially pure' Europe over a democratic one. This 'analysis' is at best uninformed and stupid.

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