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DESCRIPTION:Robert Meeropol was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius 
 Rosenberg, were sent to the electric chair, executed by the U.S. government 
 after one of the most hotly debated trials in American history.  On the 
 50th anniversary of that event, Meeropol has written AN EXECUTION IN THE 
 FAMILY: One Son’s Journey, a memoir that tells how he survived the loss 
 of his parents and established his own identity in the shadow of a case 
 that drew world-wide protest.  \n\nMeeropol- now an attorney, activist, and 
 leader of a public foundation - will describe how he attempted to deal with 
 the events surrounding his parents’ case as a very young child.  He will 
 discuss the family dynamics after the execution, and how his adoptive 
 parents (Anne and Abel Meeropol, who wrote, among other songs, the 
 anti-lynching lament “Strange Fruit,” made popular by Billie Holiday) 
 managed to raise him in a loving home during the infamous McCarthy 
 witch-hunts.\n\nThe dangers of the current political climate and the use of 
 the death penalty will also be themes in Meeropol’s addresses. The Bush 
 Administration’s recent responses to the threat of terrorism share many 
 chilling similarities with the McCarthy era that was symbolized by the 
 trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, whose execution at Sing Sing Prison 
 occurred 50 years ago this summer.  Meeropol will explore these topics in a 
 lecture format as well as in his book readings and interactions with the 
 audiences.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/26293.php
SUMMARY:Bookreading: AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY. Rosenberg son, Robert Meeropol
LOCATION:Univ. of California, Berkeley\nWheeler Hall Room #30
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/26293.php
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