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Listen: Did a Nazi sympathizer once represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate?

The Curious Minnesota podcast discusses how Ernest Lundeen's political career culminated in a fight to stay out of World War II — and came to a tragic conclusion. 

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Ernest Lundeen spent three decades trying to succeed in Minnesota politics. But it was his final years as a U.S. Senator representing the state that have defined his legacy, since Lundeen was spreading Nazi propaganda in the runup to America's intervention in World War II.

Kevin Duchschere discussed his article on Lundeen with host Eric Roper on the Curious Minnesota podcast.

Further reading:

Did a Nazi sympathizer once represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate? (February 2023 Curious Minnesota story)

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