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Rob Okun, Richard Fried, and Peter Novick discuss the exhibit “Unknown Secrets: Art and the Rosenberg Era”

BROADCAST: Jun. 15, 1990 | DURATION: 00:55:52

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Synopsis

Historians and exhibit organizers Rob Okun, Richard Fried, and Peter Novick discuss the Spertus Museum’s exhibit “Unknown Secrets: Art and the Rosenberg Era.” Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were both convicted and executed in 1953 for participating in spy activity for the Soviet Union. Okun, Fried, and Novick discuss the Rosenberg case and the subsequent response from the public after the execution, many of whom felt the Rosenbergs were wrongfully convicted. The art in this exhibit captures the passion surrounding this case. Studs reads an excerpt from Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible and the Execution: A Memoir.” Studs plays "Sacco's Letter to His Son" - Woody Guthrie (1960).