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Inferno of the vanities It was a stuningly brash symbol of Nazi power. So when the Hindenburg exploded into a fireball, sabotage was suspected. Now, a TV documentary sheds a fascinating new light on the cause of the world's most famous air disaster
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AS THE shadow passed over them, people in Manhattan looked up and
waved at the great red and black swastikas. Along Broadway, the
traffic stopped.
Excited crowds craned their necks and cheered. Taxis and buses
honked their horns enthusiastically. In that spring of 1937, as the
symbol of Nazi power sailed gracefully round the Empire State
Building, the sun came out and glittered on the Hindenburg's silver
frame.
She wasn't just any airship. She was, and remains, the largest
flyi...
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