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I've been wondering: how much of Charles Lindbergh's anti-semitism (in addition to other influences) can be traced to a reaction to the malign dealings of the businessman Charles Levine, a generally nasty shyster who tried to swindle Lindbergh during the preparations for the Atlantic flight in 1927 (by offering to sponsor the flight, and, once everything was underway, informing Lindbergh that their deal implicitly included a clause that he, Levine, could select the crew, forcing Lindbergh to walk away and start the whole process over again)?
I am not trying to excuse Lindbergh's actions, but if history had a deliberate aim to make Lindbergh anti-semitic, Clio could hardly have chosen a better partial instrument.
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