for the rest of their life they would be confronted by that most sterile occupation, saying to themselves: ‘If only’…It was almost too terrible to bear, and her husband said sadly to her: ‘Everything is chance. You can guard against the high percentage of chance, but not against chance itself’” (Mosley 187). After the kidnapping and murder, the Lindbergh’s sought refuge in Europe in order to distance themselves from the spotlight and controversy over the kidnapping and Lindbergh’s acclaim.
Near the end of the 1930s, Lindbergh would arouse controversy in America over his political and personal views. In 1938, he received a decoration from Adolph Hitler and he not only accepted it, but, he praised the German air force as being the finest in all of Europe. Because of his personal feelings regarding war, views shared by his father during World War I, when World War II broke out Lindbergh found himself under attack by and at odds with most of the country, “Re
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