The Plot Against America

The action takes place in the early 1940s of the 20th century. German troops march across Europe—the beginning of World War II. U.S. President Roosevelt takes the first anti-German actions (amending the Neutrality Act, increasing weapons production). At the same time, a famous pilot, Charles Lindbergh, appears on the political stage—well known for his ties with the Nazi government (for example, Reichsmarshal Göring presented the pilot with a German Order of the German Eagle). Lindbergh accuses Roosevelt and the Jews of trying to pull America into a war it does not need. What’s more, Lindbergh runs in the presidential election and, unexpectedly for many, wins. From that moment on, Nazi ideas take the lead in the White House; Jews are recognized not as Americans concerned with their own Jewish nation, and this is why they draw the United States into confrontation with Germany—into a war for which there are no reasons at all.