September 21, 1995

Michael Meeropol, oldest son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, lectured on “The Significance of the Rosenberg Case Today.” “The case of my parents was the epitome of Cold War America,” Meeropol told students, “because everyone expects me to believe my parents are innocent, I have to act as an impartial observer, I must acknowledge every piece of evidence, I must respond rationally.”

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Meeropol’s younger brother Robert spoke at Vassar in 1975 about the 1953 execution of his parents as Soviet spies.