Philip Rubenstein
America’s Red Scare, Part 1: Anarchists, Bolsheviks, Nativists, Opportunists
Summary
Philip Rubenstein discusses the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare in the early 20th-century United States, focusing on the actions of Mitchell Palmer and the efforts of individuals like Louis Post and Felix Frankfurter in turning public opinion against the raids. Part 1 of 4.
Philip Rubenstein
Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which, in the mid-to-late 1980s, campaigned to bring Nazi war criminals living in the UK to justice. Philip was also the founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust and played a role in getting the study of the Shoah onto the national school’s curriculum in the UK. These days, he works with family businesses, advising on governance and continuity from one generation to the next.