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1	!!The novel:
2	* AluminumChristmasTrees:
3	** With the present historical narrative of America as generally supportive of the Allies, but unable to get personally involved in World War II until the [[Film/AnimalHouse Germans]], sorry, Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the idea that at any point in history an American could not only express positive views about the Nazis and still be able to show his face in polite society but also receive a medal from Adolf Hitler himself without being ostracized can seem very far-fetched indeed without deeper historical knowledge.
4	** The two major political parties of the 30s and 40s were really as isolationist as portrayed in the book. The country was weary of another war after the Great War and the Depression was so bad for such a long time that people just wanted to worry about rebuilding. Roosevelt knew that the US entering the war was inevitable but didn’t have Congress or the American people on his side. He spent several years readying both in his speeches for what he knew was coming and did what he could to help the Allies around the edges.
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6	!!The miniseries:
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8	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Just how antisemitic is Lindbergh? We do see him start giving Bengelsdorf the cold shoulder and not lifting a finger to put a stop to anti-Jewish violence, but he never directly speaks against Jews after his initial campaign speeches (the views in which Bengelsdorf claims to have talked him out of). And while his administration did descend into outright persecution in the end, that happened ''after'' he had disappeared.
9	* AluminumChristmasTrees: There is, in fact, a long history of Jews in the American South, and Bengelsdorf factually brings up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin Judah P. Benjamin]], a Southern Jew who spent a large portion of the Civil War as the second-most powerful man in the Confederacy. Before the mid-19th century Charleston, South Carolina (where Bengelsdorf is from) had the most American Jews (and was the largest Jewish community of North America period), until more immigrated from Europe. Only later was it surpassed by New York City.

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