![]() ![]() Lindbergh was born in 1902, to the son of future Minnesota congressman Charles August Lindbergh. And though Lindbergh never became president, he remains infamous as one of America’s most prominent Nazi sympathizers. The family at the heart of the series, the Levins, are based upon Roth’s own family and childhood in Newark, New Jersey. ![]() Though the story is a clear departure from the facts of American history during World War II, much of it is based on real life. ![]() HBO’s The Plot Against America, a miniseries from The Wire creators David Simon and Ed Burns, adapts Phillip Roth’s 2004 novel of the same name, telling the story of an alternative history United States in which Nazi-sympathizing aviator Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, fueling violent anti-Semitism that upends the lives of American Jews. ![]()
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