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Economic Times
10-08-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
JFK, Hitler, and the Danish journalist: The secret love triangle that shaped a future President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany During the early 1940s, before he became the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was involved in a complex and emotionally charged romantic relationship with a Danish journalist. Unknown to many at the time, she was also a figure of interest to Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler, reports RadarOnline. Inga Arvad, a former pageant queen, caught the eye of both men, but only one was able to come out on top according to a new book titled, JFK: Public, Private, Secret by Randy Taraborrelli. Born Inga Marie Petersen in Copenhagen, Denmark, Arvad was a striking and ambitious woman who earned the reputation of a "Nordic beauty." She won the Danish beauty pageant at 16 and later pursued journalism, studying at Columbia University in New York. Her career led her to cover Nazi figures, including three interviews with Adolf Hitler himself. Hitler was reportedly captivated by her charm and beauty, inviting her to private events such as the 1936 Berlin Olympics and even gifting her a personal thought Arvad was "the most perfect example of Nordic beauty," Randy Taraborrelli wrote in his book. Due to her association with high-ranking Nazis and her presence in sensitive circles, US intelligence agencies, including the FBI, suspected Arvad might be a Nazi spy. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover authorized surveillance of her apartment and wiretapping of her communications, although no conclusive evidence ever indicated she was guilty of espionage. Kennedy, then a 24-year-old naval ensign assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC, met Arvad in 1941, introduced by his sister Kathleen Kennedy, who worked as a staffer at the Washington Times-Herald , where Arvad also contributed. JFK reportedly fell deeply in love with Arvad, affectionately nicknaming her 'Inga Binga,' which he himself wrote in letters to her. Correspondence between them reveals Arvad was a confidante who knew Kennedy intimately, even encouraging him to share his political ambitions with his influential father, Joseph P. Kennedy, relationship quickly drew the attention of naval intelligence, which viewed Arvad's proximity to Kennedy with suspicion, suspecting she might be using her charm to extract military secrets. Consequently, Kennedy's superiors pressured him to end his relationship with Arvad. In January 1942, under orders to remove Kennedy from Washington and reduce the security risk, he was reassigned to a desk job in South Carolina, about 30 miles from Charleston Naval Base, where restrictions limited his this, Arvad frequently visited him, even traveling by train and plane to see him discreetly. FBI wiretaps recorded intimate conversations between the two, documenting their attachment and struggles to maintain their relationship under growing external Kennedy, JFK's father, was particularly wary of the relationship. He feared that Arvad's questionable associations and suspicions around espionage could jeopardize his son's political future. When FBI intelligence reports suggested potential risks, Joseph Kennedy demanded JFK end the relationship immediately. Although JFK was reluctant, the tremendous pressure led to their formal breakup in March 1942, despite Kennedy's continued after, John F. Kennedy was further redeployed, ultimately serving heroically in the Pacific theater commanding PT-109 and cementing his status as a war hero. Historians and biographers suggest that the breakup with Arvad was a deep emotional wound for JFK. According to presidential historian Leon Wagener, JFK became "far less romantic, even remote to women," influenced by the heartbreak and political sacrifice demanded by his father and career ambitions.
Time of India
10-08-2025
- Business
- Time of India
JFK, Hitler, and the Danish journalist: The secret love triangle that shaped a future President
During the early 1940s, before he became the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy was involved in a complex and emotionally charged romantic relationship with a Danish journalist. Unknown to many at the time, she was also a figure of interest to Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler , reports RadarOnline. Inga Arvad , a former pageant queen, caught the eye of both men, but only one was able to come out on top according to a new book titled, JFK: Public , Private , Secret by Randy Taraborrelli. Productivity Tool Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel guide By Metla Sudha Sekhar View Program Finance Introduction to Technical Analysis & Candlestick Theory By Dinesh Nagpal View Program Finance Financial Literacy i e Lets Crack the Billionaire Code By CA Rahul Gupta View Program Digital Marketing Digital Marketing Masterclass by Neil Patel By Neil Patel View Program Finance Technical Analysis Demystified- A Complete Guide to Trading By Kunal Patel View Program Productivity Tool Excel Essentials to Expert: Your Complete Guide By Study at home View Program Artificial Intelligence AI For Business Professionals Batch 2 By Ansh Mehra View Program Inga Arvad: A Nordic beauty with a nazi reputation Born Inga Marie Petersen in Copenhagen, Denmark, Arvad was a striking and ambitious woman who earned the reputation of a "Nordic beauty." She won the Danish beauty pageant at 16 and later pursued journalism, studying at Columbia University in New York. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Compare Spreads: Bitcoin vs Ethereum CFDs IC Markets Learn More Undo Her career led her to cover Nazi figures, including three interviews with Adolf Hitler himself. Hitler was reportedly captivated by her charm and beauty, inviting her to private events such as the 1936 Berlin Olympics and even gifting her a personal photo. Hitler thought Arvad was "the most perfect example of Nordic beauty," Randy Taraborrelli wrote in his book. Live Events Due to her association with high-ranking Nazis and her presence in sensitive circles, US intelligence agencies, including the FBI, suspected Arvad might be a Nazi spy . FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover authorized surveillance of her apartment and wiretapping of her communications, although no conclusive evidence ever indicated she was guilty of espionage. The romance with John F. Kennedy Kennedy, then a 24-year-old naval ensign assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC, met Arvad in 1941, introduced by his sister Kathleen Kennedy, who worked as a staffer at the Washington Times-Herald , where Arvad also contributed. JFK reportedly fell deeply in love with Arvad, affectionately nicknaming her 'Inga Binga,' which he himself wrote in letters to her. Correspondence between them reveals Arvad was a confidante who knew Kennedy intimately, even encouraging him to share his political ambitions with his influential father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Their relationship quickly drew the attention of naval intelligence, which viewed Arvad's proximity to Kennedy with suspicion, suspecting she might be using her charm to extract military secrets. Consequently, Kennedy's superiors pressured him to end his relationship with Arvad. In January 1942, under orders to remove Kennedy from Washington and reduce the security risk, he was reassigned to a desk job in South Carolina, about 30 miles from Charleston Naval Base, where restrictions limited his travel. Despite this, Arvad frequently visited him, even traveling by train and plane to see him discreetly. FBI wiretaps recorded intimate conversations between the two, documenting their attachment and struggles to maintain their relationship under growing external pressures. The intervention of Joseph Kennedy and the end of the affair Joseph Kennedy, JFK's father, was particularly wary of the relationship. He feared that Arvad's questionable associations and suspicions around espionage could jeopardize his son's political future. When FBI intelligence reports suggested potential risks, Joseph Kennedy demanded JFK end the relationship immediately. Although JFK was reluctant, the tremendous pressure led to their formal breakup in March 1942, despite Kennedy's continued feelings. Shortly after, John F. Kennedy was further redeployed, ultimately serving heroically in the Pacific theater commanding PT-109 and cementing his status as a war hero. Historians and biographers suggest that the breakup with Arvad was a deep emotional wound for JFK. According to presidential historian Leon Wagener , JFK became "far less romantic, even remote to women," influenced by the heartbreak and political sacrifice demanded by his father and career ambitions.
New York Post
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Kennedy grandson Jack Schlossberg mocks grandma Jacqueline Onassis' pain over former prez's alleged affair in unhinged post
Jack Schlossberg, a Kennedy heir known for making wild public statements on social media, fired off at his late grandmother Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis in an offbeat Instagram post about her troubled personal life on Monday. Schlossberg took a video of a People magazine cover from July 7 featuring his grandmother standing behind his grandfather, John F. Kennedy, with the headline 'Jackie Knew Everything.' The 32-year-old Kennedy scion captioned the post, 'Jackie was right about everything,' alluding to the former first lady knowing about her husband's alleged affair with pop culture icon Marilyn Monroe. Advertisement 5 The Kennedy heir fired off at his late grandmother, Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis, in an offbeat Instagram post about her troubled personal life on Monday. Jack Schlossberg/Instagram Jackie allegedly knew about JFK's long-rumored relationship with Monroe and confronted him about it while he was in office, according to People. J. Randy Taraborrelli — the author of a new biography on the 35th president, 'JFK: Public, Private, Secret' — alleges that Jackie once told Kennedy, 'This one's different, Jack. This one worries me.' Advertisement 'That's from somebody who was right there in the White House who overheard that conversation,' Taraborrelli told the outlet. 'It was reported to me 25 years ago, when I was writing an earlier book, Jackie, Ethel and Joan.' While the affair between the sex symbol and former president has been long-rumored, Taraborrelli claimed Jackie 'didn't know if JFK was involved with her or not. She just assumed it. What I do know is after Marilyn died, Jackie was bereft.' Schlossberg is the only grandson of Jackie, who died of cancer in 1994 at age 64, and JFK, who was assassinated in 1963 at 43. 5 Jacqueline Kennedy sits in the living room of her Washington, DC, residence, March 27, 1960. AP Advertisement 5 Jack Schlossberg at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Mass., on May 4, 2025. REUTERS Jackie Kennedy, who took the name Onassis after marrying Greek business magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968, was considered one of the most stylish and distinguished first ladies ever, and during her time, was a media magnet — with newspapers, magazines, and TV obsessively trying to cover every aspect of her life. This isn't the first time Schlossberg has made a bizarre comment about his grandmother. Following the 2025 inauguration, the Harvard grad questioned whether Vice President JD Vance's wife, Usha Vance, was 'hotter' than his grandmother. Advertisement 5 John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis on the cover of PEOPLE magazine. PEOPLE 'True or false: Usha Vance is way hotter than Jackie O?' he asked his followers on X back in January. After being slammed for his bizarre question, Schlossberg admitted he was a 'literal pervert' in a follow-up post. 'I called my grandmother hot … have I totally lost it? Jesus … this kid will do anything for attention. Your grandfather would be ashamed. Seriously. Time to get a job,' he wrote. Schlossberg left many of his followers concerned, with some even telling the 32-year-old to 'seek help.' 5 Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg. Schlossberg is the son of former diplomat and author Caroline Kennedy and designer Edwin Schlossberg, who have been married since 1986. Similar to his late grandfather, Schlossberg has held progressive and left-leaning political views. Advertisement Last July, he was appointed Vogue's political correspondent to cover the 2024 presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. He previously endorsed Harris and former President Joe Biden.
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First Post
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- First Post
JFK's secret love life revealed: The tale of Joan Lundberg, who was 'impregnated' by former US president
A new biography has claimed that former US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had an affair with a flight attendant while he was married to Jackie. He met Joan Lundberg, who was working for Frontier Airlines and as a cocktail waitress, in August 1956 in California. They soon started an affair, and JFK got her pregnant, just months before Jackie gave birth to his daughter read more US President John F Kennedy's personal life has come into the limelight. Photo by John F Kennedy Library Foundation / AFP An upcoming book has made sensational claims about former United States President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). The new biography, JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J Randy Taraborrelli, has claimed that the Democrat leader got a young flight attendant pregnant while he was married to Jacqueline Kennedy, better known as Jackie. The stunning claim has brought the personal life of the 35th president of the US to the spotlight. According to the book, Jackie knew about her husband's affair but did not know about his lover's pregnancy. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Let's take a closer look. JFK sparks affair with flight attendant John Kennedy met Joan Lundberg, a young flight attendant, in August 1956 in California. She was working for Frontier Airlines and as a cocktail waitress, according to the biography by Taraborrelli. JFK, a 39-year-old senator from Massachusetts , asked Joan at a dive bar what she was going to play on the jukebox, according to an excerpt from the book, shared with People magazine. ''What are you gonna play?' he asked her. 'I was thinking Elvis Presley, but what would you like to hear?' she asked. He said he wanted to hear something 'so I can concentrate on you.'' When JFK asked Joan, a 23-year-old single mother of two, where she was living, the woman replied, 'trailer court close by'. ''What the hell's a trailer court?' he asked. She laughed and answered, 'You don't want to know.'' Days after meeting Joan, JFK discovered that his wife, Jackie, had given birth to their stillborn daughter, Arabella. JFK was back in Los Angeles (LA) in early September and invited Joan to a dinner party at his sister's home. Around midnight, he took the flight attendant to a motor court where they checked in as 'Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson.' ''The sex that night was 'wild,' claimed Joan. The next morning over breakfast, he unburdened himself. His fears, his insecurities. It was as if she was so removed from his circle, he could share anything,'' People cited the excerpt as saying. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD JFK described his relationship with Jackie as 'an arranged marriage', saying it was 'fine. Not great, but okay.' Former United States President John F Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy watch the first of the 1962 America's Cup races aboard the USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr, off Newport, Rhode Island, in this handout image taken on September 15, 1962. File Photo/Reuters/John F Kennedy Presidential Library As per the biography, Jackie questioned JFK about 'Trailer Park Joan' when he returned to her in Newport, where she was recuperating at Hammersmith Farm. JFK continued his affair with Joan even after his wife found out. He used to fly her to meet him and covered her expenses. By 1957, JFK was being considered a presidential candidate. Taraborrelli's book also carries excerpts from Joan's unpublished memoir, which her family shared with him. ''She told me, 'I never worry about trouble when I'm with Jack because I pass for his sister, Pat, all the time,' ' Joan's sister, Linda Lydon, said. Joan later recalled that she and Jack got along well, 'aside from normal lovers' tiffs between two high-spirited people.' They often discussed his political career, with him starting off sentences with, 'When I'm president . . .'' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD JFK gets Joan Lundberg pregnant Two years after they first met, Joan called JFK to tell him about her pregnancy. The news came just months after the birth of Kennedys' daughter, Caroline. 'Joan would recall that her news about the baby was 'like a knife to Jack's heart.' While it was a shock, Joan wrote that they shouldn't have been so surprised: 'I didn't like wearing a diaphragm, and Jack wouldn't wear a rubber,'' she wrote. 'Jack couldn't help but wonder if Joan had purposely planned the pregnancy given that she'd seen his devotion to Jackie after Caroline's birth. He also wondered if he was really the father, and Joan assured him he was. When he asked her how she felt about the pregnancy, she said she loved the two children she was raising on her own and knew she'd also love any child she and Jack brought into the world. He didn't know how to respond,' the excerpt stated. Later, during a phone call, JFK told Joan he would mail her $400, telling her, 'you'll know what to do' — an apparent reference to an abortion. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD ''Being a politician is who I am,' he told her. 'Politics is all I know. If you take that away . . .' His voice trailed off. Before she could respond, he disconnected the line,'' as per the excerpt from JFK: Public, Private, Secret. When she got the envelope a week later, it reportedly contained no money. The biography mentioned this made JFK 'positively unhinged'. 'Joan later wrote: 'My God! You had never heard anybody use expletives so much in the whole history of Washington.' Jack was very clear; he didn't want Joan to have the baby. He wired more money that same day, and she took care of things a day after that. She was angry and disappointed, but also realistic.' 'When Jack called Joan to check on her, she told him, 'I'm going to need to put some distance between us.' He understood. 'I owe you so much,' he told her. 'One thing I want to say to you, Kennedy,' she told him. 'You love Caroline, and I know that, but I'm somebody's daughter, too. Remember that the next time you treat a woman the way you've treated me.'' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD As per the book, Jackie never came to know about Joan's abortion. Taraborrelli told People that Joan was 'a big revelation' to him, saying she acted as the former US president's 'therapist in many ways.' With inputs from agencies
NDTV
26-06-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
John F Kennedy Got A Flight Attendant Pregnant And Paid For Abortion, New Book Claims
Former US President John F Kennedy once got a flight attendant pregnant, and then paid for her abortion, just months after his wife, Jackie, gave birth to their daughter, Caroline, a new book has claimed. According to People, the claims were made in a bombshell new biography, titled 'JFK: Public, Private, Secret', by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Excerpts from the book reveal that Mr Kennedy had an affair with a young flight attendant named Joan Lundberg, whom he met in 1956 when he was a senator from Massachusetts. According to the book, at the time, the former president was 39 years old, while Ms Lundberg was 23. In 1958, shortly after the birth of the Kennedys' daughter Caroline, Ms Lundberg reportedly called JFK to share her own pregnancy news. "Joan would recall that her news about the baby was 'like a knife to Jack's heart," reads the excerpt, per the People. "Jack couldn't help but wonder if Joan had purposely planned the pregnancy, given that she'd seen his devotion to Jackie after Caroline's birth. He also wondered if he was really the father, and Joan assured him he was," the author wrote. Further, the book claims that after their phone call revelation, Mr Kennedy told the 23-year-old that he would mail her $400 to get an abortion. "'Being a politician is who I am,' he told her. 'Politics is all I know. If you take that away . . .' His voice trailed off. Before she could respond, he disconnected the line," the excerpt states. According to the biography, when the money failed to reach Ms Lundberg, JFK became "unhinged". Eventually, he wired more money, following which the flight attendant "took care of things". "Jack was very clear; he didn't want Joan to have the baby... She was angry and disappointed, but also realistic," Mr Taraborrelli writes. According to People, Ms Lundberg was a single mom of two. At the time, she was living with a man named Norm Bishop and working as a flight attendant for Frontier Airlines. JFK, on the other hand, was married to Jacqueline Kennedy at the time. He never publicly acknowledged the affair. 'JFK: Public, Private, Secret', by J. Randy Taraborrelli, is due to be published on July 17.
