Philip Rubenstein
America’s Red Scare, Part 2: Spies, Fronts, New Dealers, HUAC
Summary
Philip Rubenstein discusses the rise of communism in the 1920s and its influence in the US in the 1930s, including how the fear of communism led to the establishment of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). He also mentions the prevalence of anti-Semitism, the role of Soviet spies, and the actions of Samuel Dickstein, a controversial figure in American politics. Part 2 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.