Robert Meeropol is on a promotion tour for his book An Execution in the Family: One Son's Journey which recently got translated into German.Robert Meeropol was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were put to death. AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY: One Son's Journey details his political and personal odyssey from Rosenberg son to political activist. His story speaks of the collateral consequences of the death penalty and of the price children sometimes pay for their parents’ politics, as it candidly details Robert’s struggle to deal with his evolving views of his parents’ case.
AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY charts the course of one man’s life as he comes to terms with the death of his parents due to the destructive reach of a political witch-hunt. The memoir chronicles his struggle with the profound personal effects of the decision to go from leading a life in hiding, to revealing that secret and becoming a public figure open to scrutiny.
Attorney, activist and Rosenberg son Robert Meeropol speaks from a uniquely qualified position when he suggests how the nation should respond to the challenges it currently faces. “It took me almost forty years to figure out how to overcome my fear, harness my anger and transform the destruction that was visited upon my family into something constructive. America today is confronted with a similar challenge.”
Schedule of the book tour:Fri, March 6th, 7pm
Anglistisches Seminar, Raum 108, Kettengasse 12, Heidelberg
Sun, March 8th, 7.30pm
Club Voltaire, Kleine Hochstr. 5, 60313 Frankfurt
Mon, March 9th, 8pm
Books in Berlin, Goethestrasse 69, 10625 Berlin
Tue, March 10th, 7pm
Daily Junge Welt, Ladengalerie Junge Welt, Torstrasse 6, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
Wed, March 11th
Buchmesse Leipzig, Zambon Verlag
Sat, March 14th, 8pm
Baumwollspinnerei, Spinnwerk, Spinnereistrasse 7 (Halle 18, Eingang E), 04179 Leipzig
Robert Meeropol is founder and executive director of The Rosenberg Fund for Children..
The Rosenberg Fund for Children was established to provide for the educational and emotional needs of children whose parents have suffered because of their progressive activities and who, therefore, are no longer able to provide fully for their children. The RFC also provides grants for the educational and emotional needs of targeted activist youth. Professionals and institutions will be awarded grants to provide services at no or reduced cost.
Background
The RFC was founded by Robert Meeropol, who was orphaned at age six when his parents, Ethel & Julius Rosenberg, were executed at the height of the McCarthy Era.
In 1990 Robert figured out how he could repay the progressive community that helped him survive. He started the RFC to help children of targeted activists in the U.S. today- children who are experiencing the same nightmare he and his brother endured as youngsters.
Since then, the RFC has awarded millions of dollars to benefit hundreds of children in the U.S. whose parents have been targeted because of their involvement in progressive movements including the struggles to preserve civil liberties, wage peace, safeguard the environment, combat racism and homophobia , and organize on behalf of workers, prisoners, immigrants and others whose human rights are under threat.
Funding Philosophy
Robert and his brother, Michael, were 6 and 10 years old when their parents were killed. Thousands of people they never knew rallied to provide funds that helped them attend progressive schools and summer camps where social justice was celebrated and the history of activism was honored. Robert and Michael were fortunate to be raised by loving adoptive parents, Abel and Anne Meeropol, who were teachers and artists and valued education and creative expression. Both boys found comfort and solace in these nurturing settings, and in their artistic and educational pursuits.
The RFC was created to echo the type of support that Robert and Michael received from the extended progressive community after their parents were killed. We make grants to assist with the cost of services that meet our beneficiaries' educational and emotional needs. Robert knows from experience how vital services like summer camp, art or cultural lessons, therapy, attending a progressive school, or traveling to visit a parent in prison, can be for children today experiencing similar nightmares.
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