Sidney Eisenberger Autobiographical Manuscript: Communism on Campus: Recollections and Comments of a Former Communist Teacher at CCNY Bulk, 1976-1986 1976-2008 , (Bulk 1976-1986)

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Sidney Eisenberger Autobiographical Manuscript: Communism on Campus: Recollections and Comments of a Former Communist Teacher at CCNY Bulk, 1976-1986 1976-2008 , (Bulk 1976-1986)

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Sidney Eisenberger (b. 1907), was a New York City Communist, and a chemistry instructor at City College, City University of New York (City). In 1941 he was fired for allegedly giving false testimony to the New York State Legislature Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Educational System of the State of New York, known as the Rapp-Coudert Committee (1940-42), created to examine the extent of “subversive activities” in the state’s schools and colleges, when he denied being a member of the Communist Party. Eisenberger subsequently worked as an engineer. In his later years he wrote an unpublished autobiographical typescript, “Communism on Campus: Recollections and Comments of a Former Communist Teacher at CCNY,” that describes his family, youth, education, political views, years at CCNY and his dismissal therefrom, his work at the Gussack Machine Products Company, and his later disillusionment with Communism.

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