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mp_sf_list_0_image: 15919 mp_sf_list_0_title: Fact or Fiction: Martha barged into the bedroom of the terminally ill president. mp_sf_list_0_description: FICTION: “We had to put an end to the relationship between Martha and Franklin,” says series co-writer and historian Linda May Kallestein. “When [Martha] realized he was dying, it was important for her to say goodbye. What they said to each other behind closed doors is not documented and we thought: How could the last meeting have been?�...

mp_sf_list_0_image: 15792 mp_sf_list_0_title: Fact or Fiction: A U-boat dropped German saboteurs on a Long Island beach where Martha vacationed. mp_sf_list_0_description: FACT:  “Yes, it’s known as Operation Pastorius,” says series co-writer and historian, Linda May Kallestein. “The U-boat surfaced not far from where Martha was staying in Long Island that summer.” In June 1942, two squads of saboteurs—all U.S. residents who returned to Germany to serve the Reich—were dropped by U...

FDR fishing accompanied by Princess Martha. Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library archive. LIKELY:  “There were many rumors about their relationship—many at the time thought [it was] romantic,” says series creator, director, co-writer and executive producer, Alexander Eik. “We do not know for certain that was the case, but we know that President Roosevelt was infatuated with Martha and this has been confirmed by many sources [including] two of his grandchildren. … Early in th...

mp_sf_list_0_image: 15657 mp_sf_list_0_title: Fact or Fiction: Sweden’s king was German-friendly. mp_sf_list_0_description: FACT:  Despite the Swedish government’s neutral stance in WW II, its king, Gustav V, was known to be welcoming to the Nazi Party. Atlantic Crossing writers reveal that Gustavs wife was the cousin of Germany’s Emperor William II and she swayed her husband in a pro-German direction. There were strong connections between those in power and the upper class in the two ...