Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

In the aftermath of the Second World War, the specter of worldwide Russian Communist influence and espionage once again, as it had after WWI, hung heavily over the populace of the United States. McCarthyism was in the air, and Americans were clearly were scared of the renewed Red Menace. Enter the Rosenbergs, Julius and Ethel. Were these very ordinary looking parents of two young boys really evil Communist spies in disguise? And if so, what was to be done to root out the evil in our midst? Learn how the Rosenberg case and its spectacular spy trial influenced a generation — or more — of Americans, and set the tone for our future interaction with Russia, previously our WWII “valiant ally” turned worldwide menace.