Talk:Sosthenes Behn

Internment in a U.S. national cemetery after cooperation with Nazi Germany?

The article's last sentence "In recognition of his extraordinary service to his country and Nazi Germany, Behn was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C." appears self contradictory, since the U.S. fought Nazi Germany in WWII, and would unlikely bury Nazi supporters in its national cemetery. Elaborations or corrections anyone? HarryZilber (talk) 02:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Behn's mother's ethno religious ancestry

The Behn siblings mother was Louise Mendes de Monsanto the Mendes de Monsanto family are of Sephardic Jewish descent. Some members of the family converted and some intermarried allowing the children to be raised Christian. The Mendes de Monsanto family are also ancestors of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Mauricio Mendes de Monsanto father in law of John Francis Queeny the founder of namesake Monsanto Chemical. RichardBond (talk) 01:56, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Is this information sourced anywhere? --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 03:00, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Focke-Wolf

The article blandly makes some allusion to the post war “return of assets” concerning Focke-Wolf. In fact, ITT sued the US for damages caused to the Focke-Wolf factory, which was bombed to smithereens during the war. ITT argued that since they owned a share of the factory, and ITT was not the enemy, they should be compensated for their loss. In my opinion an outrageous contention which should have been laughed out of court, but the case dragged on, and in 1967 the US Government caved and ITT was awarded $27 million. I think this story should be sourced and incorporated into the article.68.106.198.98 (talk) 17:04, 23 October 2023 (UTC)