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Ray Notgrass examines the controversy surrounding Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers' accusations of Communism.

Seventy-five years ago, Whittaker Chambers accused highly respected U.S. government official Alger Hiss of being a Communist. Hiss denied the accusation. Who was telling the truth? In his latest podcast, Ray Notgrass examines the controversy, the court trial that resulted, and the impact that the controversy had on American politics. Read the transcript and find more resources: https://shop.notgrass.com/blog/exploring-history-podcast-9/the-hiss-case-308 Homeschool curriculum and resources fo...

People in this episode

Host: Ray Notgrass

Topics covered

• Communism
• American politics
• court trial
• historical controversy
• government officials

Keywords

• Hiss case
• Whittaker Chambers
• Alger Hiss
• Communism
• court trial
• American politics
• historical controversy

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Organizations: U.S. government

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