While working as a journalist in Germany in the early thirties Arvad interviewed Adolph Hitler and attended the wedding of Hermann Goring. She was also Hitler's guest at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Arvad insisted she never agreed with Hitler's political views.
While working at the Washington Times-Herald in 1941 Arvad was introduced to young John F. Kennedy by his sister Kathleen. In November 1941 she and Kennedy began an intense romance. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover began surveillance of Kennedy and Arvad on the pretence that she was a Nazi spy. After Hoover's continued warnings to old Joseph Kennedy and pressure from the FBI watchdogs John Kennedy and Inga-Binga, as he referred to her by, ended their relationship in January 1942 when Ensign Kennedy was transferred to active duty.
In 1947 Inga Arvad married cowboy actor Tim McCoy with whom she had two sons. Arvad died of cancer at a ranch near Nogales, Arizona.
While working as a journalist in Germany in the early thirties Arvad interviewed Adolph Hitler and attended the wedding of Hermann Goring. She was also Hitler's guest at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Arvad insisted she never agreed with Hitler's political views.
While working at the Washington Times-Herald in 1941 Arvad was introduced to young John F. Kennedy by his sister Kathleen. In November 1941 she and Kennedy began an intense romance. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover began surveillance of Kennedy and Arvad on the pretence that she was a Nazi spy. After Hoover's continued warnings to old Joseph Kennedy and pressure from the FBI watchdogs John Kennedy and Inga-Binga, as he referred to her by, ended their relationship in January 1942 when Ensign Kennedy was transferred to active duty.
In 1947 Inga Arvad married cowboy actor Tim McCoy with whom she had two sons. Arvad died of cancer at a ranch near Nogales, Arizona.