Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Long before the formal outbreak of World War I, Imperial Germany’s sophisticated spy network waged a clandestine battle right on American soil. This gripping presentation uncovers the chilling tactical details behind catastrophic foreign sabotage operations, including the Black Tom Explosion in New York Harbor and the Kingsland Explosion in modern-day Lyndhurst, NJ. Applying an advanced investigator’s lens, the lecture traces secret networks of undercover agents, daring midnight execution plots, and the desperate fight to protect a vulnerable, neutral nation. Finally, we dissect the complex, decades-long post-war forensic investigation spearheaded by the Mixed Claims Commission to hold the perpetrators legally accountable.